Uses of Wood and Non-wood Forest Products by Amazon Forest Dwellers

Abstract

"Some observations on the use of wood and non-wood forest products by Indians and riverain populations in the Amazon region. For centuries, Amazonian Indians have lived from shifting agriculture, fishing, hunting and harvesting forest products. In the transition region between the Amazon forest and the cerrado (savannah) some afforestation, using native species, has even been performed by the Kayapó Indians, with the objective, among others, of increasing their sources of wood and non-wood products."