Empowering local people through community-based resource monitoring: A comparison of Brazil and Namibia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Constantino, Pedro de Araujo Lima ^a,b   Carlos, Henrique Santiago Alberto ^c   Ramalho, Emiliano Esterci ^a,d   Rostant, Luke ^e   Marinelli, Carlos Eduardo ^f   Teles, Davi ^c   Fonseca Junior, Sinomar Fonseca ^c   Fernandes, Rômulo Batista ^c   Valsecchi, João ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Comissão Pró Índio do Acre ^*  (Brazil)

^c Centro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação do Amazônas   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^f Instituto Socioambiental ISA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acre; Amaz nas; Caprivi; Community participation; Decentralization; Indigenous people; Protected area; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARKETING; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; PSYCHOLOGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; CAPRIVI; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84871982588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05164-170422     Document Type: Review

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