No bush foods without people: The essential human dimension to the sustainability of trade in native plant products from desert Australia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-416

  Walsh, Fiona ^a   Douglas, Josie ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal livelihoods; arid Australia; commercialisation; desert system; indigenous enterprises; natural products; non timber forest products; wild foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655169662     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ11028     Document Type: Article

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