Everyone in the old wants something from topicl forests. Forer dwellers wish to cntinue their traditional wy of life based on hunting and gathring. They are losing their land to migrant smallholders, who clear small amounts of forest to earn a living by raising crops and livestock. Both thee groups tend to lose out t larger, more poerful interests-ranchers, plantation owners large-scale farmes or logging concerns-whos aim is to convert large ares of forest into big money.
Publication year
2003
Authors
Valentim J; Vosti S A; Witcover J; Lewis J; Tomich T P; Faminow, M.D.; Maginnis S
Language
English
Keywords
conservation (storage), deforestation, poverty, rain forests
