These reserves are based on the premise that traditional communities that gather forest products, such as rubber and Brazil nuts, can also be good stewards of natural resources and help avoid the environmental impact of more intensive types of land use, such as cattle ranching. The idea of extractive reserves was originally proposed by the Amazonian rubber tappers in the state of Acre in the 1970s. The rubber tappers movement gained worldwide visibility...
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2005/12/13
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Brief
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92586
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2015/01/16
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Disclosed
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Bresil - Projet de reserves d'extraction (RESEX)
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local reserve
Citation
Finding sustainable ways to extract forest products in the Amazon : Bresil - Projet de reserves d'extraction (RESEX) (French). Results profile Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/293791468017985333