buildings. The construction and implementation of primary schools and centers of health

care, radio communications, and communal meetings in all three villages was a strong

measure of success. In addition, initiating the production of furniture for sale was a

stated secondary goal of the carpentries. In Yoyato and in Boca Camantavishi, a few

pieces of furniture have been sold to nearby colonists; in addition, some respondents from

all three villages expressed interest in pursuing this furniture goal further. Nonetheless, to

date, furniture sales were not of a large enough magnitude to be considered a main

activity of the carpentry project and certainly not to sustain the carpentries.

 While the three villages expressed similar goals for the established carpentries,

several village-level conditions differentially shaped which of these two project goals

were emphasized in each of the villages. Specifically, the most important conditions that

shaped carpentry options for Yoyato, Boca Camantavishi and Tinkareni were the distance

from the carpentries to the market, the status of land tenure, the level of training of the

operators and the level of organization of the village (Table 3-4).

 Yoyato people are refugees in an area of roughly 34,000 ha. between the Ene and

Quempiri rivers that is being borrowed from the Quempiri Community. They are not

allowed to fully exploit forest resources, especially the most valuable timber species such

as mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) and cedar (Cedrela odorata). To obtain these

precious woods, they must go to their still unsecured homeland at Boca Anapate area.

Thus, although Yoyato is the closest village to the market, the limited availability of

wood resulting from a lack of secure land tenure is a major constraint for the

development of furniture sales.