LAND USE SYSTEMS AND LANDSCAPE FOOTPRINTS IN INDIGENOUS, CABOCLOS, AND FRONTIER FARMERS SETTLEMENTS...
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1. INTRODUCTION
Igarape-Acu, PA4. RESULTS1 Altamira, PA2 Ponta de Pedras, PA (Marajo Acu, Paricatuba, Praia Grande)3 Igarape Acu, PA4 Tome Acu, PA5 Vaupes, Colombia (Yapu, Acariquara)6 Rondonia (Machadinho dOeste, Vale do Anari)7 Santarem, PAStudy SitesForest fragmentation is influenced by drivers to land access, land value, and human assets (see table below for proxy variables). The Amazon Basin offers a natural experiment where different combination of those factors affect land use practices (such as agricultural intensification and extensification, urbanization, agroforestry and so on), which in turn are reflected in landscape patterns. In particular, native populations and colonists seem to adopt two major strategies in regard to land access, value, and human assets. In this paper, we present preliminary results of research on land use practices and forest fragmentation in eleven sites throughout the Amazon. Our main goal is to provide an exploratory, comparative landscape analysis in order to raise questions for in depth intra- and inter-site research.