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Break barriers, increase impact: equitable generation and dissemination of natural resource information in the Brazilian Amazon

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Title Break barriers, increase impact: equitable generation and dissemination of natural resource information in the Brazilian Amazon
 
Creator Shanley, P.
Rodríguez Gaia, G.
 
Subject economics
forest management
forest products
information needs
non-timber forest products
rural communities
households
 
Description Expansive growth in the logging, ranching and mining industries is swiftly transforming forests and forest dependent communities worldwide. To either resist or adapt to the powerful forces changing rural landscapes, small holders must respond to a glut of new information in an exceedingly short span of time. Under such conditions, the learning process must be consciously constructed so as to catalyse new ways of thinking about forest management effectively and quickly. The paper describes a research project in eastern Amazonia designed to assist rural communities evaluate the local costs and benefits associated with timber extraction and non-timber forest product use.
 
Date 2000
2012-06-04T09:06:12Z
2012-06-04T09:06:12Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Shanley, P., Rodriguez Gaia, G. 2000. Break barriers, increase impact: equitable generation and dissemination of natural resource information in the Brazilian Amazon . In: Guijt, I., Berdegue, J. A. and Loevinsohn, M. (eds.). Deepening the basis of rural resource management: proceedings of a workshop, February 16-18, 2000, ISNAR, The Hague, Netherlands. :181-188.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18216
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/726
 
Language en
 
Format p. 181-188