Rural Households' Demand for Frankincense Forest Conservation in Tigray, Ethiopia: A Contingent Valuation Analysis

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 642-653

  Tilahun, M ^a,b   Vranken, L ^a   Muys, B ^a   Deckers, J ^a   Gebregziabher, K ^a,b   Gebrehiwot, K ^b   Bauer, H ^b   Mathijs, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Boswellia papyrifera; Contingent valuation; Forest conservation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY;

BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; CONTINUOUS DEGRADATIONS; FOREST CONSERVATION; POLICY INTERVENTION; POVERTY REDUCTION; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; BOSWELLIA SACRA;

EID: 84944632643     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2207     Document Type: Article

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