Resource use among rural agricultural households near protected areas in Vietnam: The social costs of conservation and implications for enforcement

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-131

  McElwee, Pamela D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; ICDPs; Non timber forest products; Poverty; Protected areas; Rural livelihoods; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CASH INCOME; FOREST PRODUCTS; LOCAL COMMUNITY; NEW SOURCES; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PROTECTED AREAS; RESOURCE USE; RESOURCES USE; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; SOCIAL COST; VIET NAM;

AGRICULTURE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST PRODUCT; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE USE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WAGE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PLANT PRODUCT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; INCOME; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TREES; VIETNAM;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES;

VIET NAM;

EID: 77649191964     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9394-5     Document Type: Article

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