Effects of a policy-induced income shock on forest-dependent households in the Peruvian Amazon

Ecological Economics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  L'Roe, Jessica ^a   Naughton Treves, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Forest dependence; Income shock; Logging reform; NTFPs; Poverty; Smallholders; Timber; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EXTRACTION; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 84887741178     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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