The influence of livelihood dependency, local ecological knowledge and market proximity on the ecological impacts of harvesting non-timber forest products

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 285-291

  Steele, Melita Z ^a   Shackleton, Charlie M ^a   Uma Shaanker, R ^b,c   Ganeshaiah, K N ^b,c   Radloff, Sarah ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Communal; Direct use value; Governance; Management; Open access; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

COMMUNAL; DIRECT-USE VALUE; GOVERNANCE; OPEN ACCESS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ECOLOGY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; INCOMES;

EID: 84919463088     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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