Economic analysis of closing degraded Boswellia papyrifera dry forest from human interventions - A study from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 996-1005

  Tilahun, Mesfin ^a   Olschewski, Roland ^b   Kleinn, Christoph ^b   Gebrehiwot, Kindeya ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boswellia papyrifera; Cost benefit analysis; Degraded dry forests; Frankincense

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPLANDS; DEGRADED DRY FORESTS; FRANKINCENSE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LAND RECLAMATION; NATURAL RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; LAND; NATURAL RESOURCES;

BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; BOSWELLIA SACRA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 34247534110     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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