Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve: Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

C F Mena; A F Barbieri; Stephen J Walsh; C M Erlien; F L Holt; R E Bilsborrow

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.02.009

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Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve: Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

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Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve: Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

C F Mena, A F Barbieri, Stephen J Walsh, C M Erlien, F L Holt and R E Bilsborrow

World Development, pp.1831-1849

2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.02.009

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Studies in Human Society

Economics

Ecuador

Northern Ecuadorian Amazon

Cuyabeno

land use/cover dynamics

colonist populations

Indigenous populations

Development and land use/land cover (LULC) change have altered the landscape in and around the Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA). Today, the Reserve covers approximately 600 000 ha and is home to a host of endemic plants and animals as well as ancestral territories of indigenous groups, including the Cofán, Siona, Secoya, and Quichua. This study examines demographic and socioeconomic drivers of LULC change in and around the Reserve drawing upon a number of primary sources of data, including household surveys and a satellite image time series. We find that LULC patterns within and adjacent to the Reserve are influenced by (1) changes in land tenure regimes in newly classified Patrimony Forest, (2) petroleum exploration and production, (3) indigenous communities location, characteristics, and integration to the market economy, and (4) settlement patterns and household characteristics of colonists. Statistical analyses suggest that the number of children in the household, the use of hired labor, and geographic accessibility are important factors in explaining variations in the extent of deforestation on household farms in the Patrimony Forest.

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Title: Pressure on the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve: Development and Land Use/Cover Change in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
Authors: C F Mena (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
A F Barbieri (Author) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Stephen J Walsh (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
C M Erlien (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
F L Holt (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
R E Bilsborrow (Author) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Publication details: World Development, pp.1831-1849
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.02.009
ISSN: 0305-750X
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449392902621
Output Type: Journal article

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