Forest-based livelihoods strategies conditioned by market remoteness and forest proximity in Jharkhand, India

World Development

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 269-279

  Belcher, Brian ^a,b   Achdiawan, Ramadhani ^b   Dewi, Sonya ^c  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Asia; Forest products; Income; India; Poverty; Remoteness

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; FOREST PRODUCT; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; VILLAGE;

INDIA; JHARKHAND;

EID: 84907758267     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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