For more than a century, northern Bolivia has had a tradition of commercial forest exploitation. For several decades into the twentieth century, the extraction of rubber and Brazil nuts was combined with subsistence agriculture, resulting in an agro-extractive cycle that fostered a sedentary life...
Dijkman, W.
,
Stoian, D.
,
Henkesmans, A.B.
,
Assies, W.
,
Boot, R.G.A.
,
[Temporal and spatial dynamics in the extraction of non-timber forest products in the Northern Bolivia Amazon]
,
Temporal and spatial dynamics in the extraction of non-timber forest products in the Northern Bolivia Amazon
Stoian, D.
,
Gottwald, C.
,
Ruiz, S.
,
Jong, W. de
,
Becker, M.
,
Bojanic, A.
,
[NTFPs in the Bolivian Amazon: socio-economic impact in view of institutional deficiencies]
,
NTFPs in the Bolivian Amazon: socio-economic impact in view of institutional deficiencies
The economy of the northern Bolivian Amazon has historically been based on rubber and other non-timber forest products (NTFPs). In the late 19th century, the upcoming rubber boom lead to the establishment of rubber estates. Following World War I, a first rubber crisis forced some estate owners to...
Stoian, D.
,
Henkemans, A.
,
[Between extractivism and peasant agriculture: differentiation of rural settlements in the Bolivian Amazon]
,
Between extractivism and peasant agriculture: differentiation of rural settlements in the Bolivian Amazon
Commercial exploitation of non-timber forest products has been playing a major role in the northern Bolivian Amazon for more than a century. Initially relying on the exploitation of rubber, the regional economy underwent a first diversification as a consequence of the post-World War I rubber cris...
Stoian, D.
,
[Shifts in forest product extraction: the post-rubber era in the Bolivian Amazon]
,
Shifts in forest product extraction: the post-rubber era in the Bolivian Amazon
Strategies to foster development based on nontimber forest products (NTFPs) implicitly target rural producers. In the northern Bolivian Amazon, however, NTFP-based benefits also accrue to peri-urban populations. A household survey (n = 120) at the periphery of Riberalta, the region’s economic cen...
Stoian, D.
,
[Making the best of two worlds: rural and peri-urban livelihood options sustained by nontimber forest products from the Bolivian Amazon]
,
Making the best of two worlds: rural and peri-urban livelihood options sustained by nontimber forest products from the Bolivian Amazon