Table 1. Criteria used to recognize and spatially define 10 social and economic actors, as well as the extent of restricted use and urban areas.
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Social and economic group† |
Subgroup |
Migration period |
Technology |
Scale of land holding
(ha)‡ |
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Nonmechanized indigenous agriculture |
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Lowland indigenous communities |
before 1952 |
Nonmechanized |
1–5 |
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Yungueño indigenous farmers |
before 1952 |
Nonmechanized |
10–25 |
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Indigenous Andean colonists |
1955–present |
Nonmechanized and incipient
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25–50 |
Mechanized agriculture |
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Cruceño farmers |
before 1952 |
Mechanized |
100–1000 |
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Japanese colonists |
1954–1965 |
Mechanized |
250–1000 |
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Mennonite colonists |
1956–present |
Mechanized |
100–250 |
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Agro-industrial corporations |
1986–present |
Mechanized |
> 1000 |
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Cattle ranching |
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Extensive cattle ranchers |
after 1492 |
Native forage |
500–10,000 |
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Intensive cattle ranchers |
1972–present |
Cultivated pasture |
100–10,000 |
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Forest use and conservation |
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Forest products sector |
after 1952 |
Timber and Brazil nut |
> 10,000 |
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Restricted use |
after 1990 |
Protected areas |
>100,000 |
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Urban areas |
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after 1952 |
Commerce and industry |
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†See Appendices 1 and 2 for an overview and the spatial distribution of each group.
‡Information on the size of land holdings is based on anecdotal information obtained in field surveys conducted by Timothy J. Killeen as part of an unpublished consultancy conducted for the Bolivian government in 2005.
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