Who Is “Forest-Dependent”? Capturing Local Variation in Forest-Product Sale, Eastern Honduras

Professional Geographer

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 158-174

  McSweeney, Kendra ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation and development; Forest dependence; Honduras; Rural nonfarm income; Tawahka

Indexed keywords

FOREST PRODUCT; FOREST RESOURCE; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

(EAST); HONDURAS;

EID: 0036262517     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00323     Document Type: Article

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