Distribution of forest income among rural households: A case study from Natma Taung national park, Myanmar

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 190-201

  Aung, Pyi Soe ^a   Adam, Yahia Omar ^b   Pretzsch, Jürgen ^c   Peters, Ronny ^c  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation   (Myanmar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

capital resources; development; forest dependence; forest based livelihood; Myanmar; protected areas; wealth ranking

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NATIONAL PARK; RANKING; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CHIN; MYANMAR;

EID: 84937977791     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2014.976597     Document Type: Article

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