The effects of processing non-timber forest products and trade partnerships on people's well-being and forest conservation in Amazonian societies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Morsello, Carla ^a   Ruiz Mallén, Isabel ^b   Diaz, Maria Dolores Montoya ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANT PRODUCT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

AGRICULTURE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORESTRY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84865076624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043055     Document Type: Article

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