Economic development and local ecological knowledge: A deadlock? Quantitative research from a Native Amazonian society

Victoria Reyes-García*, Vincent Vadez, Tomás Huanca, William R. Leonard, Thomas McDade

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85 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)371-377
Number of pages7
JournalHuman Ecology
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2007

Funding

Acknowledgements Research was funded by the National Science Foundation (grants BCS-0134225 and BCS-0322380) and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (Gr-7250). We thank L. Apaza, E. Conde, J. Dávila, H. Rivas, Y. Lobo, P. Pache, E. Tayo, S. Cari, J. Cari, M. Roca, D. Pache, J. Pache, and V. Cuata for help collecting the information and for logistical support. We also thank H.R. Bernard, R. Godoy, F. Putz, and three anonymous reviewers for commenting on earlier drafts, and ICRISAT-Patancheru for providing office facilities to Reyes-García.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology
  • Anthropology
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science

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