The natural and social history of the indigenous lands and protected areas corridor of the Xingu River basin

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1619, 2013, Pages

  Schwartzman, Stephan ^a   Boas, André Villas ^b   Ono, Katia Yukari ^b   Fonseca, Marisa Gesteira ^b   Doblas, Juan ^b   Zimmerman, Barbara ^a   Junqueira, Paulo ^b   Jerozolimski, Adriano ^c   Salazar, Marcelo ^b   Junqueira, Rodrigo Prates ^b   Torres, Maurício ^b  

^a not available   (United States)

^b Instituto Socioambiental   (Brazil)

^c Associação Floresta Protegida   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Indigenous lands; Protected areas; Xingu

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODITY; DEFORESTATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FRONTIER REGION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEADWATER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFALL; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RIVER BASIN; SOCIAL HISTORY;

BRAZIL; XINGU BASIN;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; RIVER; SEASON; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 84891432902     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0164     Document Type: Review

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