Burning, fire prevention and landscape productions among the Pemon, Gran Sabana, Venezuela: Toward an intercultural approach to wildland fire management in Neotropical Savannas

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-166

  Sletto, Bjørn ^a   Rodriguez, Iokiñe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Canaima National Park; Fire management; Indigenous knowledge; Pemon; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

FIREPROOFING;

CANAIMA NATIONAL PARK; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE PREVENTION; GRAN SABANA; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; NATIONAL PARKS; PEMON; PRESCRIBED BURNING; VENEZUELA; WILDLAND FIRE;

FIRES;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SAVANNA;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LANDSCAPE;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; CANAIMA NATIONAL PARK; GRAN SABANA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84870953861     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.041     Document Type: Article

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