Role of non-wood forest products for local livelihoods in countries with transition and market economies: Case studies in Ukraine and Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-87

  Stryamets, Nataliya ^a,b   Elbakidze, Marine ^b   Angelstam, Per ^b  

^a UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Roztochya; rural development; Sm land; sustainable forest management; sustainable use

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS; FIELD STUDIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS; LOCAL ECONOMY; MARKET ECONOMIES; NATIONAL LEVEL; NATIONAL POLICIES; NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS; ROZTOCHYA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL REGIONS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE USE; UKRAINE;

ECONOMICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESEARCH; RURAL AREAS;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; PLANNING; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; UKRAINE;

EID: 84858302818     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2011.629622     Document Type: Article

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