The role of wild food plants in poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation in tropical countries

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-286

  Delang, Claudio O ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Karen; NTFPs; Poverty alleviation; Rural development; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIALIZATION; CROP PLANT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INCOME; MARKET CONDITIONS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL POPULATION; TROPICAL REGION; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; KANCHANABURI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; THUNG YAI NARESUAN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY;

EID: 33751436452     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993406ps143oa     Document Type: Review

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