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3. Demand for Two Classes of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge in Modern Amazonia

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Coeditor’s Note xv
  5. Acknowledgments xvii
  6. Thoughts on the Future of Amazonia 1
  7. 1. Romance and Reality 5
  8. 2. Constructing Tropical Nature 17
  9. 3. Demand for Two Classes of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge in Modern Amazonia 33
  10. 4. Fire in Roraima, 1998—Politics and Human Impact 51
  11. 5. The Cerrado of Brazilian Amazonia 85
  12. 6. A Review of Amazonian Wetlands and Rivers 98
  13. 7. Fragility and Resilience of Amazonian Soils 122
  14. 8 Is Successful Development of Brazilian Amazonia Possible Without Knowledge of the Soil and Soil Response to Development? 146
  15. 9. Fragile Soils and Deforestation Impacts 158
  16. 10. Concurrent Activities and Invisible Technologies 172
  17. 11. Institutional and Economic Issues in the Promotion of Commercial Forest Management in Amerindian Societies 181
  18. 12. Collect or Cultivate—A Conundrum 193
  19. 13. Extractivism, Domestication, and Privatization of a Native Plant Resource 210
  20. 14. Peasant Riverine Economies and Their Impact in the Lower Amazon 222
  21. 16. The Commodification of the Indian 248
  22. 17. Euphemism in the Forest 273
  23. 18. What’s the Difference Between a Peace Corps Worker and an Anthropologist? 286
  24. 19. Traditional Resource Use and Ethnoeconomics 307
  25. 20. Enhancing Social Capital 328
  26. Appendix: Findings and Recommendations 345
  27. Contributors 347
  28. Index 349
  29. Backmatter 367
Human Impacts on Amazonia
This chapter is in the book Human Impacts on Amazonia
https://doi.org/10.7312/pose10588-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Coeditor’s Note xv
  5. Acknowledgments xvii
  6. Thoughts on the Future of Amazonia 1
  7. 1. Romance and Reality 5
  8. 2. Constructing Tropical Nature 17
  9. 3. Demand for Two Classes of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge in Modern Amazonia 33
  10. 4. Fire in Roraima, 1998—Politics and Human Impact 51
  11. 5. The Cerrado of Brazilian Amazonia 85
  12. 6. A Review of Amazonian Wetlands and Rivers 98
  13. 7. Fragility and Resilience of Amazonian Soils 122
  14. 8 Is Successful Development of Brazilian Amazonia Possible Without Knowledge of the Soil and Soil Response to Development? 146
  15. 9. Fragile Soils and Deforestation Impacts 158
  16. 10. Concurrent Activities and Invisible Technologies 172
  17. 11. Institutional and Economic Issues in the Promotion of Commercial Forest Management in Amerindian Societies 181
  18. 12. Collect or Cultivate—A Conundrum 193
  19. 13. Extractivism, Domestication, and Privatization of a Native Plant Resource 210
  20. 14. Peasant Riverine Economies and Their Impact in the Lower Amazon 222
  21. 16. The Commodification of the Indian 248
  22. 17. Euphemism in the Forest 273
  23. 18. What’s the Difference Between a Peace Corps Worker and an Anthropologist? 286
  24. 19. Traditional Resource Use and Ethnoeconomics 307
  25. 20. Enhancing Social Capital 328
  26. Appendix: Findings and Recommendations 345
  27. Contributors 347
  28. Index 349
  29. Backmatter 367
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