Towards transferable functions for extraction of Non-timber Forest Products: A case study on charcoal production in Tanzania

Ecological Economics

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-62

  Schaafsma, M ^a   Morse Jones, S ^a   Posen, P ^a   Swetnam, R D ^b   Balmford, A ^b   Bateman, I J ^a   Burgess, N D ^b,c,d   Chamshama, S A O ^e   Fisher, B ^a,f   Green, R E ^b,g   Hepelwa, A S ^h   Hernandez Sirvent A ⁱ   Kajembe, G C ^e   Kulindwa, K ^h,j   Lund, J F ^d   Mbwambo, L ^k   Meilby, H ^d   Ngaga, Y M ^e   Theilade, I ^d   Treue, T ^d   Vyamana, V G ^e   Turner, R K ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UMB   (Norway)

^k Tanzania Forestry Research Institute   (Tanzania)

more..

Author keywords

Ecosystem services valuation; Non timber Forest Products; Tanzania; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOCAL PLANNING; MAPPING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC ACCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UPSCALING;

EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84862977288     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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