Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Feintrenie, Laurène ^a,b   Schwarze, Stefan ^c   Levang, Patrice ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrarian transition; Agricultural intensification; Agroforestry; Cocoa; Coffee; Cropping trajectory; Indonesia; Oil palm; Rubber

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; CASH CROPPING; COCOA; COFFEE; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE; MONOCULTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PLANTATION; PROFITABILITY; RUBBER;

INDONESIA;

ELAEIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 78651518091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03870-150437     Document Type: Article

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