Looking through the bamboo curtain: An analysis of the changing role of forest and farm income in rural livelihoods in China

International Forestry Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages

  Ruiz Pérez, Manuel ^a   Belcher, B ^b   Fu, Maoyi ^c   Yang, Xiaosheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo; China; Forestry; Poverty; Rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FORESTRY; INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33751534289     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.6.3.306.59968     Document Type: Article

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