Los guardianes del bosque amazónico

Los guardianes del bosque amazónico

En Los guardianes del bosque amazónica se busca resca­tar el aporte que las comunidades locales y los pueblos indígenas con sus saberes hacia la conservación y manejo de sus recursos naturales y a las diferentes modalidades de conservación adoptados. Asimismo el papel de otros actores que en ocasiones, han apo­yado y fortalecido estas iniciativas, a veces propias, y otras veces aprendidas, pues el proceso de cambio y adaptación es otra lec­ción necesaria para la conservación

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Amazon region
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2017
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Coronel Cisneros, M.

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