The Role of Forest-Related Income in Household Economies and Rural Livelihoods in the Border-Region of Southern China

World Development

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-123

  Hogarth, Nicholas J ^a,b   Belcher, Brian ^b,c   Campbell, Bruce ^d   Stacey, Natasha ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CIFOR ^*  (Indonesia)

^c ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Environmental income; NTFP; Off farm income; Poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MONOPOLY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TIMBER MARKET;

CHINA;

EID: 84875393517     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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