Use of a Bayesian Belief Network to predict the impacts of commercializing non-timber forest products on livelihoods

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Newton, Adrian C ^a   Marshall, Elaine ^b   Schreckenberg, Kathrin ^c   Golicher, Duncan ^d   te Velde, Dirk W ^c   Edouard, Fabrice ^e   Arancibia, Erik ^e  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^e Methodus Consultora ^*

Author keywords

Conservation; NTFP; Sustainable development; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; CONSERVATION; FOREST RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846093933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01843-110224     Document Type: Article

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