Brazil nut harvesting in Peruvian Amazonia from the perspective of ecosystem services

Brazil nuts are harvested from the primary rainforests in the Amazonian lowlands as a direct form of sustainably using the region’s biological resources. We analyze the ecological economics of Brazil nut production in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios where nut extraction occurs on hundreds of sm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Risto Kalliola, Pedro Flores
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2011-01-01
Series:Fennia: International Journal of Geography
Online Access:http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/fennia/article/view/4307