Livelihood gains and ecological costs of non-timber forest product dependence: Assessing the roles of dependence, ecological knowledge and market structure in three contrasting human and ecological settings in south India

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-253

  Uma Shaanker, R ^a,b,c   Ganeshaiah, K N ^a,b,c   Krishnan, Smitha ^a   Ramya, R ^a   Meera, C ^a   Aravind, N A ^a   Kumar, Arvind ^a   Rao, Dinesh ^a   Vanaraj, G ^a   Ramachandra, J ^a   Gauthier, Remi ^d   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^d   Poole, Nigel ^d   Chinnappa Reddy, B V ^b  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological costs; Ecological knowledge; Livelihood gains; Non timber forest product; NTFP; Western Ghats; Win win situation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; EROSION; HARVESTING; MARKETING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ECOLOGICAL COSTS; ECOLOGICAL SETTINGS; LIVELIHOOD GAINS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFP);

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HARVESTING; INDIA; MARKETING; PROFIT; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FOREST PRODUCTS; HARVESTING; MARKETING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 19944433729     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001596     Document Type: Article

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