Development cooperation, non-timber forest products and community empowerment: power and interests in a public-private partnership in the Brazilian Amazon
A.A.O. Tavares,
S.L. Burns
Abstract:In the Br azilian Amazon, around two million people depend on Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) as their main source of cash income. Given the inherent bottlenecks to the commercialization of such products in the region, such as communities lacking access to credit and business skills,
alternative governance models have arisen with the aim of addressing such challenges. This stud y focused on one partnership between a donor, the German Cooperation Agency, and two private companies, a new trend in global gove… Show more
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