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
Over recent years, since reform and liberalisation, there has been rapid development of the bamboo industry in China that has brought about a series of economic policies and regulations favourable to economic development. Between 1981 and 1993, the area covered by bamboo forests expanded at a rat...
Zhong M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Effects of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study of China's bamboo industries]
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Effects of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study of China's bamboo industries
Bamboo, with a long tradition in China, is one of the emerging sectors in the Chinese economy. It is making an increasingly large contribution to farmers' income and playing an important role in rural industrial development. Bamboo products are also being substituted for wood products, a process ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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Belcher, B.
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[Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion]
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Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion
China has undertaken major economic policy changes since 1978, having moved from a plan economy to a predominantly market economy. These changes had great impact in the forestry sector. This paper aims to document these changes in the case of bamboo, and at the same time show bamboo's contributio...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Xie Jinzhong
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Belcher, B.
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Zhong Maogong
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Xie Chen
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[Policy change in China: the effects on the bamboo sector in Anji county]
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Policy change in China: the effects on the bamboo sector in Anji county