Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 437-447

  Arnold, J E Michael ^a   Pérez, M Ruiz ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Non timber forest products; Rural development; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0035673237     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(01)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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