Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial Explanation

Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. We asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the p...

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Main Authors: William D. Sunderlin, Sonya Dewi, Atie Puntodewo, Daniel Müller, Arild Angelsen, Michael Epprecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2008-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art24/