Changing Role of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) in Rural Household Economy: The Case of Sinharaja World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka

Environmental Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 559-571

  Senaratne, Athula ^a   Abeygunawardena, Piyasena ^a   Jayatilake, Wijaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Household demand; Household economy; Household production theory; Non timber forest products; Opportunity cost; Sinharaja

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFP);

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RURAL ECONOMY; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SRI LANKA;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FORESTRY; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SRI LANKA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SABARAGAMUWA; SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0942277537     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-2973-y     Document Type: Review

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