Shedding Light on the Brazilian Amazon Biotrade: A Study on Sustainable Development in Native CommunitiesShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 14, no 19, article id 12826Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
The Amazon is a biodiversity hotspot. Around 90% of its territory is inhabited by native communities, who spontaneously organize themselves into groups of extractivists and small producers, relying on biodiversity as their primary means of sustenance. This paper aims to discuss how the biotrade of Amazonian biodiversity goods affects native communities with respect to environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Based on a sample of 178 native extractivists in four communities, we concluded that biotrade enabled native communities to market their products by adapting to existing conditions, considering the difficulties and the expectations of traditional residents, and contributed to the three dimensions of sustainable development.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI , 2022. Vol. 14, no 19, article id 12826
Keywords [en]
Amazon, native communities, traditional communities, biotrade, biodiversity, sustainable development, system approach, bioproducts
National Category
Business Administration Environmental Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58693DOI: 10.3390/su141912826ISI: 000867264600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85139933437Local ID: GOA;intsam;839073OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-58693DiVA, id: diva2:1706199
2022-10-252022-10-252022-10-25Bibliographically approved