Social-ecological innovation in remote mountain areas: Adaptive responses of forest-dependent communities to the challenges of a changing world

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 613-614, Issue , 2018, Pages 894-906

  Melnykovych, Mariana ^a,b   Nijnik, Maria ^a   Soloviy, Ihor ^b   Nijnik, Albert ^c   Sarkki, Simo ^d   Bihun, Yurij ^e,f  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c Environmental Network Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystem services; Marginalised rural areas; Multifunctional forestry; Ukrainian Carpathians; Well being

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

CARPATHIANS; ECOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST-DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; WELL BEING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BERRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LAW; LOGGING; MUSHROOM; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HUMANS;

EID: 85029599842     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.065     Document Type: Article

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