NEWS: Publicity on PALMS ethnobotanical paper

WP 6 - Report on policy issues

1. Report on policy issues related to use in and trade of palm products and resource management; available at internet with summary version in international journal

De la Torre L., R. Valencia, C. Altamirano & H. Munk-Ravnborg. 2011. Legal and Administrative Regulation of Palms. The Botanical Review 77(4): 327-369.

Altamirano C. Commercial exploitation threatens Iriartea deltoidea and Wettinia quinaria in Northwestern Ecuador. M. Sc. Thesis. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito.

Cevallos-Garzón D. La palma aceitera Oenocarpus bataua en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana: dinámica poblacional e impactos de la cosecha. MSc thesis, to be defended in March 2014.