NTFP income contribution to household economy and related socio-economic factors: Lessons from Bangladesh

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-142

  Kar, Shiba P ^a   Jacobson, Michael G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chittagong hill tracts; Forest income; NTFPs; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS; FOREST INCOME; NTFPS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR;

DATA REDUCTION; TIMBER;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 80255136214     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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