Forest products scarcity perception and response by tree planting in the rural landscapes: Farmers' views in central ighlands of ethiopia

Ekologia Bratislava

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-169

  Duguma, Lalisa Alemayehu ^a   Hager, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Forest products; Perception; Rural landscapes; Scarcity; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; FOREST PRODUCT; PERCEPTION; PLANTATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; UPLAND REGION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67649921405     PISSN: 1335342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/ekol-2009-02-158     Document Type: Article

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