Deliberation for wildfire risk management: Addressing conflicting views in the Chiquitania, Bolivia.
Wildfires are increasingly affecting forest landscapes around the world. In the Bolivian Chiquitania, southern Amazonia, large wildfires during recent droughts have intensified public debate around more systemic solutions to address the possible root causes. While the integration of different forms...
| Publicado en: | Geographical Journal Vol. 185; no. 1; pp. 38 - 55 |
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