Participatory conservation and local knowledge in the Amazon Várzea: The pirarucu management scheme in Mamirauá

The Amazon Várzea: The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 259-273

  Castello, Leandro ^a,b,c   Viana, João Paulo ^b,d   Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Diretoria do Programa Nacional de Conservação da Biodiversidade Ministério do Meio Ambiente Brasília   (Brazil)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Livelihoods; Local knowledge; Overexploitation; Participatory conservation; Resource management; Sustainable development reserves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920024592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0146-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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