Biodiversity and marginality: Dilemma of economic development

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2002

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Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of economic development on women and biodiversity in two rural communities in Ecuador. The level of womens integration into the development process as influenced by age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, are analyzed. The effects of the economic change on biodiversity using homegardens as its indicators are also evaluated.

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Women, Plants, Empowerment, Ethnicity/race, Biodiversity, Economic development, Age, Socioeconomic status, Politics, Economy, Agricultural production, Home gardening, Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale

Citation

PhD diss. Abstract. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia