Smallholder rubber plantation expansion and its impact on local livelihoods, land use and agrobiodiversity, a case study from Daka, Xishuangbanna, southwestern China

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Fu, Yongneng ^a   Brookfield, Harold ^b   Guo, Huijun ^c   Chen, Jin ^a   Chen, Aiguo ^a   Cui, Jingyun ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Forestry Department of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Land use strategy; Rubber price fluctuations; Shifting cultivation; Smallholder livelihoods; Smallholder rubber plantation; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RICE; RUBBER; RURAL ECONOMY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SMALLHOLDER; STABILIZATION;

CHINA; DAKA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 77951554585     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500902753246     Document Type: Article

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