The Role of Forest-related Income in Household Economies and Rural Livelihoods in the Border-region of Southern China

Nicholas Hogarth; Brian Belcher; Bruce M Campbell; Natasha Ellen Tanya Stacey

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.010

The Role of Forest-related Income in Household Economies and Rural Livelihoods in the Border-region of Southern China

Nicholas Hogarth, Brian Belcher, Bruce M Campbell, Natasha Ellen Tanya Stacey

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Quarterly socioeconomic data from 240 households are used to study the links between forest-related income and rural livelihoods in southern China. Results show average forest-related income shares of 31.5%, which was predominantly derived from cultivated non-timber sources. Forest-related income was important to households at all income levels, although lower income households were more dependent due to a lack of other sources. Higher income households monopolized off-farm income and had more land than low income households. Forest-related income could be increased by making forest land more accessible to the poor, improving productivity, and removing constraints to smallholder engagement in timber marketing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111-123
Number of pages	13
Journal	World Development
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.010
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

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