Globalised forest-products: Commodification of the matsutake mushroom in Tibetan Villages, Yunnan, Southwest China

International Forestry Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-37

  He, J ^a,b,c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to resource; Commodity Chain; Middlemen; NTFP; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; COMMODITY MARKET; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; TRICHOLOMA MATSUTAKE;

EID: 77952565251     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.12.1.27     Document Type: Article

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