Case Details
Extractive Reserves: Building Natural Assets in the Brazilian Amazon
Author(s) Anthony Hall
Year of publication 2004
In the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's rubber tappers were the first social group to challenge the predatory development model that is threatening ecological disaster in this country. Their strategy to set up “extractive reserves”—conservation areas where the local population can harvest non-timber forest products—is examined in this article.
Type of Case
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)
Publisher
Political Economy Research Institute
Political Economy Research Institute
Region
Americas
Americas
Biome
Tropical
Tropical
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
All
All