Positioning non-timber forest products on the development agenda

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Shackleton, Charlie M ^a   Pandey, Ashok K ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b TROPICAL FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Benefits; Development; Mainstreaming; Poverty; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS; DEVELOPMENT; MAINSTREAMING; POVERTY; SUSTAINABLE USE;

LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

EID: 84888023518     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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