Limits to knowledge: Indigenous peoples, NGOs, and the moral economy in the Eastern Amazon of Brazil

Conservation and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 306-317

  Chernela, Janet ^a   Zanotti, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; community conservation partnerships; history; indigenous; Kayap ; moral economy; NGOs; social organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915823988     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.145149     Document Type: Article

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