The economic importance of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for livelihood maintenance of rural west African communities: A case study from northern Benin

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1991-2001

  Heubach, Katja ^a   Wittig, Rüdiger ^a,b   Nuppenau, Ernst August ^c   Hahn, Karen ^a,b  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Chair of Agricultural and Environmental Policy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest dependency; Livelihood; NTFPs; Rural income; Socio economics; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POVERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WOODLAND;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 80052038557     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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