Contribution of forest restoration to rural livelihoods and household income in Indonesia

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Contribution of forest restoration to rural livelihoods and household income in Indonesia. / Widianingsih, Nayu Nuringdati; Theilade, Ida; Pouliot, Mariéve.

In: Sustainability, Vol. 8, No. 9, 835, 2016.

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Widianingsih, NN, Theilade, I & Pouliot, M 2016, 'Contribution of forest restoration to rural livelihoods and household income in Indonesia', Sustainability, vol. 8, no. 9, 835. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090835

APA

Widianingsih, N. N., Theilade, I., & Pouliot, M. (2016). Contribution of forest restoration to rural livelihoods and household income in Indonesia. Sustainability, 8(9), [835]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090835

Vancouver

Widianingsih NN, Theilade I, Pouliot M. Contribution of forest restoration to rural livelihoods and household income in Indonesia. Sustainability. 2016;8(9). 835. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090835

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Widianingsih, Nayu Nuringdati ; Theilade, Ida ; Pouliot, Mariéve. / Contribution of forest restoration to rural livelihoods and household income in Indonesia. In: Sustainability. 2016 ; Vol. 8, No. 9.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Forest resources remain vital to the survival of many rural communities, though the level of forest reliance varies across a range of sites and socio-economic settings. This article investigates variation in forest utilization across households in three ethnic groups living near a forest restoration area in Sumatra, Indonesia. Survey data were collected on 268 households, with a four-month recall period and three repeat visits to each selected household within a year. Random sampling was applied to select households in five villages and five Batin Sembilan (indigenous) semi-nomadic groups. Sampled households belonged to three ethnic groups: 15% were Batin Sembilan, 40% Local Malayan, and 45% Immigrant households. Indigenous households displayed the highest reliance on forests: 36% of their annual total income came from this source, as compared with 10% and 8% for Local and Immigrant households, respectively. Our findings showed that the livelihoods of indigenous groups were still intricately linked with forest resources, despite a rapid landscape-wide transition from natural forest to oil palm and timber plantations. ",
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