What is the evidence for the contribution of forests to poverty alleviation? A systematic map protocol

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Cheng, Samantha H ^a   Ahlroth, Sofia ^b   Onder, Stefanie ^b   Shyamsundar, Priya ^c   Garside, Ruth ^d   Kristjanson, Patti ^e   McKinnon, Madeleine C ^f   Miller, Daniel C ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^c South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^f VULCAN INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Co management; Community forestry; Ecosystem services; Forestry; Safety nets; Subsistence; Tenure rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018991495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-017-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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