Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base

More than 10,000 years after the Agricultural Revolution started, millions of rural smallholders across the developing world may still derive as much income from foraging forests and wildlands as from cultivating crops. These steady environmental income flows come often from public forests, and are...

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Autores principales: Wunder, Sven, Angelsen, A., Belcher, B.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93752
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description More than 10,000 years after the Agricultural Revolution started, millions of rural smallholders across the developing world may still derive as much income from foraging forests and wildlands as from cultivating crops. These steady environmental income flows come often from public forests, and are extracted by men and women alike. However, inflexible supplies from nature, the physical hardship of harvesting, and commonly low returns limit their role as safety nets and pathways out of poverty. While their harvesting does not preclude the ongoing conversion of wildlands to agriculture, privileged access to high-quality environmental resources can become a strong local conservation motive.
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spelling CGSpace937522025-09-25T13:01:37Z Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base Wunder, Sven Angelsen, A. Belcher, B. poverty smallholders income environment livelihoods forests conservation development More than 10,000 years after the Agricultural Revolution started, millions of rural smallholders across the developing world may still derive as much income from foraging forests and wildlands as from cultivating crops. These steady environmental income flows come often from public forests, and are extracted by men and women alike. However, inflexible supplies from nature, the physical hardship of harvesting, and commonly low returns limit their role as safety nets and pathways out of poverty. While their harvesting does not preclude the ongoing conversion of wildlands to agriculture, privileged access to high-quality environmental resources can become a strong local conservation motive. 2014-12 2018-07-03T10:56:20Z 2018-07-03T10:56:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93752 en Open Access Elsevier Wunder, S., Angelsen, A., Belcher, B. . 2014. Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base World Development, 64 (Supplement 1) : S1-S11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.007
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environment
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Wunder, Sven
Angelsen, A.
Belcher, B.
Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
title Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
title_full Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
title_fullStr Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
title_full_unstemmed Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
title_short Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
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topic poverty
smallholders
income
environment
livelihoods
forests
conservation
development
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