Forests, Poverty and Conservation: An Overview of the Issues

Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 85-99

  Belcher, Brian ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

'forest dependency'; Conservation activities and poverty; Conservation objectives; Conservation's real role; Forest products, and 'poverty trap'; Forested communities, subsistence based; Forests, biodiversity conservation; The Brundtland Commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887391196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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