Tenure and Forest Income: Observations from a Global Study on Forests and Poverty

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S43-S55

  Jagger, Pamela ^a,b   Luckert, Martin Marty K ^c   Duchelle, Amy E ^d   Lund, Jens Friis ^e   Sunderlin, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Forestry; Institutions; Livelihoods; Poverty and Environment Network (PEN)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST RESOURCE; INCOME; POLICY REFORM; POVERTY; SMALLHOLDER; TENURE RELATIONS;

EID: 84911396663     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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