Mapping future changes in livelihood security and environmental sustainability based on perceptions of small farmers in the Brazilian Amazon

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Diniz, Fabio H ^a   Kok, Kasper ^b   Hoogstra Klein, Marjanke A ^b   Arts, Bas ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Deforestation; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Mental model; Par ; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DEFORESTATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; MAPPING; PERCEPTION; SATELLITE DATA; SECURITY; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84934784139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07286-200226     Document Type: Article

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