"5861","11","archive","19",,,"disk0/00/00/58/61","2012-04-10 09:40:06","2013-08-13 05:07:40","2012-04-10 09:40:06","article",,,"show","Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG",,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Reyes-Garcia","V","","","","","","","Vadez","V","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona(Bellatera)","Spain","The Role of Ethnobotanical Skills and Agricultural Labor in Forest Clearance: Evidence from the Bolivian Amazon","pub","s2.4","","","restricted",,,"Ethnobotanical skills – Labor inputs – Market integration – Slash-and-burn agriculture – Tsimane’ (Bolivia)",,,"Research on the benefits of local ecological knowledge for conservation lacks empirical data on the pathways through which local knowledge might affect natural resources management. We test whether ethnobotanical skills, a proxy for local ecological knowledge, are associated to the clearance of forest through their interaction with agricultural labor. We collected information from men in a society of gatherers–horticulturalist, the Tsimane’ (Bolivia). Data included a baseline survey, a survey of ethnobotanical skills (n = 190 men), and two surveys on agricultural labor inputs (n = 466 plots). We find a direct effect of ethnobotanical skills in lowering the extent of forest cleared in fallow but not in old-growth forest. We also find that the interaction between ethnobotanical skills and labor invested in shifting cultivation has opposite effects depending on whether the clearing is done in old-growth or fallow forest. We explain the finding in the context of Tsimane’ increasing integration to the market economy","2011","published",,"AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment","40","3","Springer",,"310-321",,,,,,,,,,,"TRUE",,"0044-7447",,,,,,"","http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0107-3","http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=The+Role+of+Ethnobotanical+Skills+and+Agricultural+Labor+in+Forest+Clearance%3A+Evidence+from+the+Bolivian+Amazon&num=10&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&","author",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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"5861",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Vadez","V","","",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"ICRISAT(Patancheru)","India",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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