Abstract
Iberoamericana – Revista Nórdica de Estudios de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, es una revista académica arbitrada, interdisciplinaria y bilingüe. Es administrada por el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos de la Universidad de Estocolmo en colaboración con otras universidades nórdicas con el objetivo de presentar investigación de alta calidad sobre América Latina.La revista publica artículos originales enfocados en temas relacionados con las ciencias sociales y humanidades. Investigadores de todo el mundo son bienvenidos a enviar sus manuscritos en inglés o español.
Highlights
The expansion of the agricultural frontier into tropical forests in Latin America is frequently seen as a monolithic process which is occurring across countries in the region, within the Amazon Basin
Contains two tropical forest regions or 'frontiers' which have been subject to agricultural expansion and sett1ementl
A major difference in the dynamics of agricultural expansion in Ecuador's Amazon as compared to coastal tropical forest regions centres on the insignificant role played by agricultural forest products in the latter
Summary
The expansion of the agricultural frontier into tropical forests in Latin America is frequently seen as a monolithic process which is occurring across countries in the region, within the Amazon Basin. Contains two tropical forest regions or 'frontiers' which have been subject to agricultural expansion and sett1ementl These regions include (1) coastal tropical forests to the west of the Andes which border on the Pacific Ocean and (2) a much vaster Amazon tropical forest area to the east of the Andes which has recently become a major oi1producing centre in recent decades (see Figure 1). Given these two distinct tropical forest regions, we ask the question, "What are the common as well as differing factors which have shaped agricultural expansion in them?" Discussion below compares and contrasts some of the macro-level structural and policy-related factors which have historically affected agricultural frontier expansion in Ecuador's two tropical forest region.
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