Do rural households extract more forest products in times of crisis? Evidence from the mountainous uplands of Vietnam

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 407-414

  Völker, Marc ^a   Waibel, Hermann ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest extraction; Household economics; Poverty; Shocks; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COVARIATES; FOREST EXTRACTION; FOREST PRODUCTS; FOREST PROTECTION; HOME ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; LOCAL POPULATIONS; POVERTY; POVERTY REDUCTION; PROBIT MODELS; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SEVERE WEATHER; STUDY AREAS; VIET NAM;

LANDFORMS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 77954660887     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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