From conflict of use to multiple use: Forest management innovations by small holders in Amazonian logging frontiers

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 268, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-80

  Shanley, Patricia ^a   da Serra Silva, Murilo ^b   Melo, Tadeu ^c   Carmenta, Rachel ^d   Nasi, Robert ^e  

^a Woods and Wayside International   (United States)

^b Campus Marabá Industrial   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Conflict of use; Conservation; Local knowledge; Multiple use; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN AMAZON; CONFLICT OF USE; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; MULTIPLE USE; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FRUITS; INNOVATION; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; TIMBER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

BARK; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRONTIER REGION; FRUIT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SMALLHOLDER; TIMBER INDUSTRY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; URBAN AREA;

BARK; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUITS; INNOVATION; LOGGING; VOLATILE OIL;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL];

DIPTERYX ODORATA; PARAHANCORNIA FASCICULATA;

EID: 84857030497     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.041     Document Type: Article

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