Production of sandalwood (santalum austrocaledonicum) for improved smallholder incomes in vanuatu

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-316

  Page, Tony ^a   Potrawiak, Anna ^b   Berry, Alick ^c   Tate, Hanington ^d   Tungon, Joseph ^d   Tabi, Michael ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce   (Vanuatu)

^d Vanuatu Department of Forests   (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Cost benefit analysis; Domestication; Economics

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMESTICATION; EXPLOITATION; FOREST PRODUCT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; SMALLHOLDER; SUBSISTENCE; TREE; WOOD QUALITY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

SANTALACEAE; SANTALUM; SANTALUM AUSTROCALEDONICUM;

EID: 77957102863     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2010.9752673     Document Type: Article

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