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Miguel Zamalloa is a Brazil nut collector from Madre de Dios in Peru. The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.), an important Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP), grows naturally in non-flood terraces of the lowland Amazon forest covering Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and is abundant in Peru.
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One barrica represents 70 kg of collected Brazil nuts.
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Exchange rate in December 2014: 1 USD/3.281 PEN.
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Condori, M.Z., Vega, R.F.C., Hughes, K.M. (2019). Peruvian Brazil Nuts. In: Pullanikkatil, D., Shackleton, C. (eds) Poverty Reduction Through Non-Timber Forest Products. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75580-9_20
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