Fallow, labour and livelihood in shifting cultivation: Implications for deforestation in northern Lao PDR

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-80

  Seidenberg, Charlotte ^a   Mertz, Ole ^b   Kias, Morten Bilde ^c  

^a SEP Dev   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Farming systems; Forest management; Labour productivity; Land use intensification; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1142268758     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2003.10649493     Document Type: Article

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