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Estimating the incomes of people whose livelihoods depend on the forests is a key to understanding their well being and the use of the forest. Yet there has been little agreement about the methods to undertake such assessment. This paper reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the methods availab...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Nawir, A.A.[Estimating the incomes of people who depend on forests]Estimating the incomes of people who depend on forests

As most nontimber forest products (NTFPs) are low cash value, their potential for generating significant income appears limited. Low value products can, however, result in significant incomes when people specialize in them.


Wollenberg, Eva K.Nawir, A.A.[Turning straw into gold: specialization among damar agroforest farmers in pesisir, Sumatra]Turning straw into gold: specialization among damar agroforest farmers in pesisir, Sumatra

Resin producing agroforestry in the Krui area of Sumatra in Indonesia is presented as an environmentally friendly, income generating land-use system which contributes to both development and conservation objectives. We studied the change in household income portfolios in three communities in the ...


Kusters, K.Ruiz Perez, M.Foresta, H. deDietz, T.Ros-Tonen, M.A.F.Belcher, B.Manalu, P.Nawir, A.A.Wollenberg, Eva K.[Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia]Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia

Data from damar agroforest and hill dipterocarp forest sites suggest that income alone is inadequate for explaining why people conserve a non-timber forest product. The explanatory value of several cash income-based indicators was tested and the results showed that these indicators provide only a...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Nawir, A.A.Uluk, A.Pramono, H.[Income is not enough: the effect of economic incentives on forest product conservation: a comparison of forest communities dependent on the agroforests of Krui, Sumatra and natural dipterocarp forests of Kayan Mentarang, East Kalimantan]Income is not enough: the effect of economic incentives on forest product conservation: a comparison of forest communities dependent on the agroforests of Krui, Sumatra and natural dipterocarp forests of Kayan Mentarang, East Kalimantan

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