Social geomatics: Participatory forest mapping to mediate resource conflict in the Bolivian Amazon

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-76

  Cronkleton, Peter ^a   Albornoz, Marco Antonio ^a   Barnes, Grenville ^b   Evans, Kristen ^a   de Jong, Wil ^c  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Brazil nuts; Community forestry; Participatory mapping; Resource tenure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; MAPPING METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROPERTY RIGHTS; STAKEHOLDER; TENURE SYSTEM;

AMAZON BASIN; BOLIVIA;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 77249086062     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9296-4     Document Type: Article

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