This book examines the experience of China's forestry sector with respect to the full set of forest and nonforest policy reforrms introduced since 1978. The lessons of this book are important for China, and for the rest of the world as well. For China the analyses in each chapter provides rigorou...
Hyde, William F.
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Belcher, B.
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Jintao Xu
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[China's forests: global lessons from market reforms (Chinese)]
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China's forests: global lessons from market reforms (Chinese)
Ojha, H.
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Timinsa, N.P.
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Kumar, C.
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Banjade, M.R.
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Belcher, B.
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[Communities, Forests and Governance: Policy and Institutional Innovations from Nepal]
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Communities, Forests and Governance: Policy and Institutional Innovations from Nepal
Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Zhong, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Xie, C.
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Fu Maoyi
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Xie, J.
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[The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China]
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The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China
This article challenges the pervasive view that commercialisation of non-timber forest products can (easily) achieve ecosystem and species conservation as well as improving livelihoods. Following a brief review of who and what is involved, it focuses on the main ecological and livelihood risks of...
Belcher, B.
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Schreckenberg, Kate
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[Commercialisation of non-timber forest products: a reality check]
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Commercialisation of non-timber forest products: a reality check
Dewi, S.
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Puntodewo, A.
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Belcher, B.
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[Estimating potential rattan cultivation area using Remote Sensing, GIS, and socio-economic data; a test of the method in the districts of Pasir and Kutai, East Kalimantan]
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Estimating potential rattan cultivation area using Remote Sensing, GIS, and socio-economic data; a test of the method in the districts of Pasir and Kutai, East Kalimantan
Dewi, S.
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Belcher, B.
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Puntodewo, A.
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[Remote Sensing and Statistical Analysis as Tools to Understand Forest Livelihood Strategies]
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Remote Sensing and Statistical Analysis as Tools to Understand Forest Livelihood Strategies
The cases studied show a lively bamboo sector that is expanding, contributing to employment and economic development in rural areas of China. County variations seem to indicate alternative land use options and different degrees of industrial development among them. New demands, notably for bamboo...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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[Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China]
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Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China
This article discusses an analysis of the changing role of rattan in people's livelihoods in an area of Kalimantan, Indonesia where it has been cultivated in a traditional rice-swidden system for more than 100 year.
Belcher, B.
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[Rattan cultivation and livelihoods: the changing scenario in Kalimantan]
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Rattan cultivation and livelihoods: the changing scenario in Kalimantan