Contribution of forest provisioning ecosystem services to rural livelihoods in the Miombo woodlands of Zambia

Population and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-182

  Kalaba, Felix Kanungwe ^a,b   Quinn, Claire Helen ^b   Dougill, Andrew John ^b  

^a Lulea University of Technology   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Gender; Miombo woodlands; Rural livelihoods; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NATURE CONSERVATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY;

COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84886749020     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-013-0189-5     Document Type: Article

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