Impacts of access and benefit sharing on livelihoods and forest: Case of participatory forest management in Ethiopia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-171

  Ameha, Aklilu ^a   Nielsen, Oystein Juul ^a,b   Larsen, Helle Overgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b The International Woodland Company   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asset; Ethiopia; Income; Livelihood; Participatory forest management; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPENDITURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84890816688     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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