Environmental and market determinants of economic orientation among rain forest communities: Evidence from a large-scale survey in western Amazonia

• Published in: Ecological economics Vol. 129; pp. 260 - 271
• Main Authors: Coomes, Oliver T., Takasaki, Yoshito, Abizaid, Christian, Arroyo-Mora, J. Pablo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Agriculture; Community economic study; Fishing; Forest resource extraction; Historical environmental endowments; Hunting; Market access; Market access; Hunting; Community economic study; Agriculture; Historical environmental endowments; Fishing; Forest resource extraction

Large scale surveys of rain forest livelihoods open up new possibilities for understanding the role of forest resources in the well-being of forest peoples but often overlook the factors that influence the diverse economic foci of forest-based communities. In this paper we describe the Peruvian Amaz...