The value of Namibia's forest resources: Preliminary economic asset and flow accounts

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-176

  Barnes, Jon I ^a   MacGregor, James J ^b   Nhuleipo, Olimpio ^c   Muteyauli, Petrus I ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Environmental Economics Unit   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Asset value; Forests; Namibia; Resource accounts; Use value

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 77951871665     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768351003740373     Document Type: Article

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