Whose Consent? Hunter-Gatherers and Extractive Industries in the Northeastern Philippines

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1241-1257

  Minter, Tessa ^a   de Brabander, Victor ^a   van der Ploeg, Jan ^a   Persoon, Gerard A ^a   Sunderland, Terry ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Agta; ethnography; extractive industries; Free and Prior Informed Consent; hunter gatherers; indigenous peoples; Philippines

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; HUNTER-GATHERER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; TERRITORY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84867514404     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2012.676160     Document Type: Article

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