| Institution: | (1) Departamento de Demografia, FACEIUFMG, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Rua Curitiba 832 – Centro, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP 30170-120, Brazil;(2) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;(3) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;(4) Departamento de Demografia, FACEIUFMG, Rua Curitiba 832 – Centro, CEP 30170-120 Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil |
| Abstract: | This paper describes trends in population, household formation, fragmentation of landholdings, and changes in land use between
1990 and 1999 in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA)—one of the areas of highest biodiversity in the world. It also shows
how changes in land use are associated with the duration (or age) of the farm settlement, which is also linked to the stage
in the farm household lifecycle and household composition. The study is based upon data from two detailed household surveys,
which result in a cohort of 246 farm households interviewed in 1990 and 1999 as well as 383 new farm households constituted
after 1990. Distinct patterns of land use are linked with duration of settlement, independent of when settlement occurred
in the region. |
