Forest environmental income in Vietnam: Household socioeconomic factors influencing forest use

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-159

  McElwee, Pamela D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest environmental income; Household livelihoods; Non timber forest products; Poverty; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CASH INCOME; CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL INCOME; FOREST USE; HOUSEHOLD LIVELIHOODS; INCOME SOURCES; MIDDLE CLASS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

SURVEYS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NATURE RESERVE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HA TINH; KE GO NATURE RESERVE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 49249126365     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892908004736     Document Type: Article

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