Opportunities for making the invisible visible: Towards an improved understanding of the economic contributions of NTFPs

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-19

  Wahlén, Catherine Benson ^a  

^a NONE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Forest valuation; Forests; Non cash value; NTFPs; NWFPs; SDGs

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE VALUATION;

FOREST VALUATIONS; FORESTS; NON-CASH VALUE; NTFPS; NWFPS; SDGS;

FORESTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTS;

EID: 85028929063     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.04.006     Document Type: Article

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