Impacts of large-scale forest restoration on socioeconomic status and local livelihoods: what we know and do not know

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 731-744

  Adams, Cristina ^a,b   Rodrigues, Sidney T ^c   Calmon, Miguel ^d   Kumar, Chetan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STR Consultancy   (Brazil)

^d Global Forest and Climate Change Programa (GFCCP) International Union for Conservation of Nature   (United States)

Author keywords

forest governance; forest landscape restoration; reforestation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; HABITAT RESTORATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; LIVELIHOOD; REFORESTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATE ROLE;

EID: 84995900529     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12385     Document Type: Review

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