Is Poverty to Blame for Soil, Pasture and Forest Degradation in Peru’s Altiplano?

By S. Swinton, R. Quiroz. 2003

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Adoption and adaptation of natural resource management innovations in smallholder agriculture: reflections on key lessons and best practices (2009, background): “…insurance markets, asset endowments (including human capital) and wealth will have a significant influence on the ability of smallholder farmers and resource users to adopt and adapt certain conservation practices (Reardon and Vosti 1995; Holden et al. 1998; Scherr 2000; Swinton and Quiroz 2003).”
Tensions in Corporate Sustainability: Towards an Integrative Framework (2014, unknown): “The aynuqa system establishes community-level cultural and religious rules that oblige private land owners to follow an established crop rotation scheme (Orlove and Godoy 1986; Swinton and Quiroz 2003).”
Does Poverty Cause Environmental Degradation? Evidence from Developing Countries (2018, background): “Swinton and Quiroz (2003) finds that poverty is likely to degrade the soil and forest, as the poorest households in Peru tend to harvest fuel wood for cooking and heating, and these activities will affect the sustainability of natural resources.”