Smallholder Specialization Strategies along the Forest Transition Curve in Southwestern Amazonia

Amy E. Duchelle, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Sven Wunder, Jan Börner and Karen A. Kainer

World Development, 2014, vol. 64, issue S1, S149-S158

Abstract: Rural specialization strategies can be examined within the forest transition framework. We compared smallholder livelihood strategies between neighboring southwestern Amazonian sites at different stages along the forest transition curve. Surveys of 243 households in Pando, Bolivia and Acre, Brazil, within and outside of two major protected areas, confirmed a higher reliance on forest-based income in forest-rich Pando than in Acre. In Acre, forest reliance was higher in the protected area than outside, where forest cover was lower and households were more livestock-dependent. Country context and protected area status were critical to explaining different smallholder specialization strategies in similar biophysical environments.

Keywords: Brazil; Bolivia; NTFPs; protected areas; livelihoods; deforestation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.001

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