Company-Community Logging Contracts in Amazonian Settlements: Impacts on Livelihoods and NTFP Harvests
As a result of government-sponsored colonization, more than 500Â 000 km2 of the Brazilian Amazon is managed by settlement households. By law, 80% of this land must remain as standing forest. In this study, we examine the potential for timber harvesting through company-community partnerships (CCPs) a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2009-06-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art39/ |