This article explores the changing livelihoods and resource management choices of three rural communities in a dynamic logging frontier region along the Capim River in the eastern Amazonian State of Pará, Brazil. A study of 13 successive logging events during a twenty-year time span in a 3,000 ha...
Medina, G.
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Shanley, P.
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[Big trees, small favors: loggers and communities in Amazonia]
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Big trees, small favors: loggers and communities in Amazonia
Most of the world’s population that derives their livelihoods or part of their livelihoods from forests are out of the information loop. Exclusion of public users of natural resources from access to scientific research results is not an oversight; it is a systemic problem that has costly ramifica...
Shanley, P.
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López, C.
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[Out of the loop: Why research rarely reaches policy makers and the public and what can be done]
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Out of the loop: Why research rarely reaches policy makers and the public and what can be done
The Brazilian Amazon is a significant source of timber as well as a rich source of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) such as medicinal barks, oils and fruits. Lack of quantity, quality, uniformity and price as well as a lack understanding of NTFPs socioeconomic, cultural or spiritual value and f...
Shanley, P.
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Serra Silva, M.
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Melo, T.
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Carmenta, R.
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Nasi, Robert
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[From conflict of use to multiple use: forest management innovations by small holders in Amazonian logging frontiers]
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From conflict of use to multiple use: forest management innovations by small holders in Amazonian logging frontiers
The potential for combining timber and non-timber forest product extraction has been examined in the context of diversified forest management. Many tropical forests are exploited both commercially for timber and by forest-dependent communities for non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Divergences b...
Rist, L.
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Shanley, P.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Ndoye, O.
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Liswanti, N.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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[The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance]
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The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance