Is non-timber forest product harvest sustainable in the less developed world? A systematic review of the recent economic and ecological literature

Ethnobiology and Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 2012, 2012, Pages

  Stanley, Denise ^a   Voeks, Robert ^a   Short, Leaa ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological sustainability; Economic sustainability; Ethnobotany; Extraction; Non timber forest product; Non wood forest product

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890568643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22384782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15451/ec2012-8-1.9-1-39     Document Type: Review

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