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Type:
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Journal Article |
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Author:
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Velasquez Runk, J.; Mepaquito, Pinel; Pena, Floriselda |
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Journal:
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Conservation and Society |
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Volume:
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2 |
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Date:
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2004 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3040
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Forestry |
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Region:
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Central America & Caribbean |
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Subject(s):
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forest products
households
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Abstract:
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"Non-timber forest products (NTFP) have been frequently studied as a means to conserve forests and provide income to users communities. Studies on NTFP have often been restricted to a single species, year and human community. However, a number of recent studies are challenging these simplifications. Here, we examine a suite of artisanal NTFP that are of increasing economic importance to Wounaan and Embera households in Panama. Artisans make carvings from seeds of a tagua palm (Phytelephas seemannii) and the wood of a cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa), and weave baskets from the fibres of the chunga palm (Astrocaryum standleyanum). We studied the ecology and socio-economics of these resources between 1997."
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