Evaluating the opportunities and limitations to multiple use of Brazil nuts and timber in Western Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 268, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-48

  Duchelle, Amy E ^a   Guariguata, Manuel R ^b   Less, Giuliano ^c   Albornoz, Marco Antonio ^b   Chavez, Andrea ^d,e   Melo, Tadeu ^f  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Brazil)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c Centro de Estudos da Cultura e do Meio Ambiente da Amazônia Rioterra   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AMAZÓNICA DE MADRE DE DIOS   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community forest management; Multiple use forest management; Non timber forest products; Stakeholder perceptions; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FOREST; MULTIPLE USE; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; REGIONAL PLANNING; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRONTIER REGION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCTS; LAND USE; PLANNING;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; BOS;

EID: 84860390409     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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