The role of non-timber forest products during agroecosystem shift in Xishuangbanna, southwestern China

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-25

  Fu, Yongneng ^a   Chen, Jin ^a   Guo, Huijun ^b   Chen, Aiguo ^a   Cui, Jingyun ^a   Hu, Huabin ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Forestry Department of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Land holding; NTFPs income; Rubber plantation; Rubber price fluctuations; Smallholder livelihood; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL SURVEYS; COMMERCIAL PLANTATIONS; FOREST PRODUCTS; LAND HOLDING; MONO CULTURES; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; NTFPS INCOME; PRICE FLUCTUATIONS; SMALLHOLDER LIVELIHOOD; XISHUANGBANNA;

LOGGING (FORESTRY); PLANNING; RUBBER; RUBBER PLANTATIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; INCOMES; LOGGING; PLANNING; PLANTATIONS; RUBBER;

EID: 56949106200     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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