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| Padoch, Christine; The New York Botanical Garden; cpadoch@nybg.org; Brondizio, Eduardo; Dept. of Anthropology, Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University; ebrondiz@indiana.edu; Pinedo-Vasquez, Miguel; Center for Environmental Research and Conservation and Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University; map57@columbia.edu; Sears, Robin R.; Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University; The School for Field Studies; sears.robin@gmail.com; Siqueira, Andrea; Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies and ACT - Dept. of Anthropology, Indiana University; asigueir@indiana.edu. |
| In much of the Amazon Basin, approximately 70% of the population lives in urban areas and urbanward migration continues. Based on data collected over more than a decade in two long-settled regions of Amazonia, we find that rural–urban migration in the region is an extended and complex process. Like recent rural–urban migrants worldwide, Amazonian migrants, although they may be counted as urban residents, are often not absent from rural areas but remain members of multi-sited households and continue to participate in rural–urban networks and in rural land-use decisions. Our research indicates that, despite their general poverty, these migrants have affected urban markets for both food and construction materials. We present two... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Afforestation; Amazonia; Deforestation; Rural– Urban migration; Urban– Rural interactions. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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| Aide, T. Mitchell; University of Puerto Rico; tmaide@yahoo.com. |
| For many years, tropical and subtropical forests have been deforested for agriculture, grazing, and timber extraction. Nevertheless in the last decade, several publications have suggested that some regions of Latin America are showing a process of forest transition. Forest transition theory predicts that industrialization and urbanization will lead to the abandonment of marginal agriculture lands and the recovery of natural systems such as forests. However, there are many ecological, economic, and social factors that could act as barriers to ecosystem recovery. To evaluate this hypothesis, we analyzed the socioeconomic and land-use changes during the last 30 years at the provincial and departmental level in the province of Misiones, Argentina. We... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Atlantic Forest; Forest plantations; Forest transition; Rural– Urban migration. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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