Can non-timber forest products solve livelihood problems? A case study from Periyar Tiger Reserve, India

ORYX

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Gubbi, Sanjay ^a,b   MacMillan, Douglas C ^b  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest economics; India; Livelihoods; NTFP; Periyar Tiger Reserve; Poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HONEY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESIN; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA;

APIS CERANA INDICA; CANARIUM STRICTUM; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; MYRISTICA;

EID: 42149163416     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308071111     Document Type: Article

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