The potential contribution of non-timber forest product extraction to tropical forest conservation and development: Lessons from a case study of bamboo utilisation in a Sierra Madre community, the Philippines

Journal of Bamboo and Rattan

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-94

  Kusters, Koen ^a   Ros Tonen, Mirjam A F ^a   Van Den Top, Gerhard M ^b   Dietz, Ton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b World Wide fund for Nature   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Buho (Schizostachyum lumampao) extraction; Deforestation; Forest conservation; Forest use; Livelihoods; Non timber forest products; Sustainability; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOSTACHYUM;

EID: 0038678044     PISSN: 15691586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915901753313632     Document Type: Article

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