Rural-urban migration brings conservation threats and opportunities to Amazonian watersheds

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-259

  Parry, Luke ^a,b,c   Peres, Carlos A ^a   Day, Brett ^a   Amaral, Silvana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Nontimber forest products; Property rights; Riverine; Rural exodus; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650415087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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