Forest product sale as natural insurance: The effects of household characteristics and the nature of shock in eastern honduras

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-56

  McSweeney, Kendra ^a  

^a Department of Geography ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation and development; Honduras; Latin america; Natural insurance; Rain forest products; Risk and vulnerability; Tawahka

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; FOREST RESOURCE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; NATURAL DISASTER; RAINFOREST; RURAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 1242333192     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920490247245     Document Type: Article

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