Rural income and forest reliance in highland guatemala

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1034-1043

  Prado Córdova, José Pablo ^a   Wunder, Sven ^b   Smith Hall, Carsten ^c   Börner, Jan ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b CIFOR Rua do Russel   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central America; Environmental income; Household surveys; Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL INCOMES; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; LIVELIHOODS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD;

COMMERCE; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FOREST DYNAMICS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; RURAL AREA;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAMILY SIZE; FIREWOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RELIANCE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEAF LITTER; LIVELIHOOD; PLANT SEED; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; WOOD;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FORESTRY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INCOME; RURAL POPULATION; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMERCE; FORESTRY; INCOMES; SURVEYS;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84878695227     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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