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Economic Development and Local Ecological Knowledge: A Deadlock? Quantitative Research from a Native Amazonian Society

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  1. Byron (2003), Huanca (1999), Reyes-García (2001), Vadez et al. (2004), and Godoy et al. (2002) describe the Tsimane’ economy and the relative importance of income and consumption in household economy in detail. Here we summarize only key aspects of the Tsimane’ economy relevant to our argument.

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Acknowledgements

Research was funded by the National Science Foundation (grants BCS-0134225 and BCS-0322380) and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (Gr-7250). We thank L. Apaza, E. Conde, J. Dávila, H. Rivas, Y. Lobo, P. Pache, E. Tayo, S. Cari, J. Cari, M. Roca, D. Pache, J. Pache, and V. Cuata for help collecting the information and for logistical support. We also thank H.R. Bernard, R. Godoy, F. Putz, and three anonymous reviewers for commenting on earlier drafts, and ICRISAT-Patancheru for providing office facilities to Reyes-García.

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  1. ICREA and Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellatera, Barcelona, Spain

    Victoria Reyes-García

  2. Sustainable International Development Program, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02454-9110, USA

    Victoria Reyes-García, Vincent Vadez & Tomás Huanca

  3. Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

    William R. Leonard & Thomas McDade

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Reyes-García, V., Vadez, V., Huanca, T. et al. Economic Development and Local Ecological Knowledge: A Deadlock? Quantitative Research from a Native Amazonian Society. Hum Ecol 35, 371–377 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9069-2

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