Potential for greenery from degraded temperate forests to increase income of indigenous women in Chile

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-109

  Nahuelhual, Laura ^a   Palma, Juana ^b   Gonzalez, Mauro E ^a   Ortiz, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female collectors; Greenery; Non timber forest products; Rural livelihoods; Temperate rainforests

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RAINFOREST; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY FOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOMENS STATUS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIDENS ALBA; GEVUINA AVELLANA; LOMATIA FERRUGINEA;

EID: 48449095155     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9151-4     Document Type: Article

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