Do tropical forests provide natural insurance? The microeconomics of non-timber forest product collection in the Brazilian Amazon.

Tropical forests may contribute to the well-being of local people by providing a form of “natural insurance.” We draw on microeconomic theory to conceptualize a model relating agricultural risks to collection of non-timber forest products. Forest collection trips are positively correlated with both...

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Publicado en:	Land Economics Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 595 - 613
Autores principales:	Pattanayak, Subhrendu K., Sills, Erin O.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Wisconsin Press November 2001
Materias:	Rain forests Economics Forest products industry Rural families Forests & forestry Amazon River Valley Brazil
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