The role and management of eucalyptus in lode hetosa district, central ethiopia

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-323

  Mekonnen, Zenebe ^a   Kassa, Habtemariam ^b   Lemenh, M ^a   Campbell, B ^c  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (United States)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cash incomes; Energy; Firewood; Livelihoods; Management; Policy; Smallholders; Wood

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FUELWOOD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SMALLHOLDER; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 38549090666     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2007.9752606     Document Type: Article

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