The role of non-timber forest products in household coping strategies in South Africa: The influence of household wealth and gender

Population and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-131

  Paumgarten, Fiona ^a,b   Shackleton, Charlie M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Gender; Non timber forest products; Shock; South Africa; Wealth

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COPING STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; KINSHIP; NATURAL RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80053439339     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-011-0137-1     Document Type: Article

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