Incidence of forest income on reduction of inequality: Evidence from forest dependent households in milieu of joint forest management

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1617-1625

  Das, Nimai ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Forest dependent household; Forest income; Forest management; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EXPLOITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TIMBER HARVESTING;

EID: 77953321483     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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