INDIAN FORESTRY IN LATIN AMERICAN RAIN FORESTS

Søren Gram
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Søren Gram: Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark, Postal: Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sustainable Development, 1997, vol. 5, issue 1, 21-29

Abstract: Commercial forestry among indigenous peoples has been promoted as a way to combine the protection of natural forest environments with the protection of native communities. However, projects are generally referred to without critical assessment. The fact is that, despite the good intentions of the donors, natural forest management projects often fail to reach their goals. It is argued here that this is due to development agencies ignoring the socio-cultural characteristics of indigenous peoples. Case studies among Latin American rain forest dwellers identify such characte ristics that are crucial for forestry projects. This work has focused on slash and burn farming and on the contradictions between the traditional Indian economic network of exchange and the modern land tenure, which are based on communities. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment Sustainable Development, Vol. 5, 21-29 (1997)

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1719(199703)5:1<21::AID-SD54>3.0.CO;2-I

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