Will agroforests vanish? The case of damar agroforests in Indonesia

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-370

  Kusters, Koen ^a   Pérez, Manuel Ruiz ^b   Foresta, Hubert ^d   Dietz, Ton ^a   Ros Tonen, Mirjam ^a   Belcher, Brian ^e   Manalu, Philip ^c   Nawir, Ani ^c   Wollenberg, Eva ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforests; Conservation; Development; Indonesia; Land use change; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LAND USE CHANGE; TREE PLANTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; KRUI; LAMPUNG; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 45849084620     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9168-3     Document Type: Article

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