As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free
from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous decline. There is emerging …

This paper reviews and synthesizes findings from scholarly work on linkages among rural
household demographics, livelihoods and the environment. Using the livelihood approach …

This article, which synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the
causes of tropical deforestation, raises significant doubts about many conventional …

This paper examines variation in dependence on forest resources among rural households
in Chilimo, Ethiopia, and the income-equalizing effects of such resources. Data were …

The environmental Kuznets curve assumes an inverted U-shaped relation between
environmental damage and per capita income. Recently it has been argued in the literature …

This paper examines forest income among rural dwellers in one of Malawi's most densely
populated districts, Chiradzulu. 160 households were interviewed in two sites, only 20 km …

Tropical deforestation remains a critical issue given its present rate and a widespread
consensus regarding its implications for the global carbon cycle and biodiversity. Nowhere …

Livelihood in Iran's rural areas, as elsewhere in the developing world, is highly intertwined
with the harvesting of environmental resources, leading to severe environmental …

The methods used to value tropical forests have the potential to influence how policy makers
and others perceive forest lands. A small number of valuation studies achieve real impact …

In India, conservation of biodiversity goes hand in hand with human welfare, as millions of
people live adjacent or within protected areas and depend upon forests products. The high …