Management of secondary forests in colonist swidden agriculture in Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua

Recent studies have shown that although swidden agriculture contributes to tropical deforestation in Latin America, swidden farmers also regenerate significant areas of secondary forests on their farms as part of the following process. This paper discusses the opportunities and constraints to farmer...

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Main Authors:	Smith, J., Finegan, B., Sabogal, C., Gonçalves-Ferreira, M.D.S., Siles Gonzales, G., Kop, P. van de, Díaz Barba, A.
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001
Subjects:	resource management secondary forests shifting cultivation fallow agriculture settlement forests frontier areas
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18467