Role of income diversification in protecting natural forests: Evidence from rural households in forest margins of Sri Lanka

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-62

  Illukpitiya, Prabodh ^a   Yanagida, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest dependency; Income diversification; Non timber forest products; Rural households; South Asia; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48449095630     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9153-2     Document Type: Article

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