The expansion of smallholder rubber farming in Xishuangbanna, China: A case study of two Dai villages

Land Use Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 628-634

  Zhang, Le ^a   Kono, Yasuyuki ^b   Kobayashi, Shigeo ^b   Hu, Huabin ^c   Zhou, Rui ^d   Qin, Yaochen ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community forest; Forest policy; Land use; Livelihood transition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FARMING SYSTEM; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY APPROACH; PROFITABILITY; SMALLHOLDER; VILLAGE;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84907983204     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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