Subsidies for rubber: Conserving rainforests while sustaining livelihoods in the Amazon?

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-173

  Sills, Erin ^a   Saha, Shubhayu ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acre; Amazon; Extractive reserves; Rubber; Targeting

Indexed keywords

ACRE; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; NATIVE FORESTS; PROTECTED AREAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RUBBER PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS;

RUBBER;

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; PROTECTED AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAINFOREST; RUBBER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TARGETING;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

BOS;

EID: 77953663501     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549810903543907     Document Type: Article

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