Forest incomes and poverty alleviation under participatory forest management in the bale highlands, Southern Ethiopia

International Forestry Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-77

  Yemiru, T ^a   Roos, A ^a   Campbell, B M ^b   Bohlin, F ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Co management; Forest dependency; Forest user groups; Household income; Rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77952569872     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.12.1.66     Document Type: Article

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