Who is Amazonia? the 'salt of the matter' for indigenous sustainability

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Heckenberger, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Anthropology University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SALTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

CULTURAL HERITAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SOCIAL RELATIONS; TROPICAL FOREST;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84891949562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/041007     Document Type: Review

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