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extractive reserves  

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  • Extractive reserves are territories dedicated to environmental protection and the sustainable use of nature resources by traditional populations. Reserves follow a traditional land tenure model based on individual family and communal property rights to common areas, such as forest trails used to extract or harvest nontimber forest products. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Extractive Reserves]

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