Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S1-S11

  Wunder, Sven ^a   Angelsen, Arild ^b,c   Belcher, Brian ^c,d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental income; Poverty; Smallholders; Wildlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911427147     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.007     Document Type: Editorial

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