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Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia

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Title Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia
 
Creator Kusters, K.
Ruíz Pérez, M.
Foresta, H. de
Dietz, T.
Ros-Tonen, M.A.F.
Belcher, B.
Manalu, P.
Nawir, A.A.
Wollenberg, Eva K.
 
Subject agroforestry
conservation
development
land use
income
 
Description 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 Krui area. The studies revealed that in the period 1995–2004 agroforestry remained the main source of income.We predict, however, that due to declining resin productivity per hectare, and rising price and demand for timber, an increasing number of farmers will cut their mature agroforests in the near future. At the same time our data suggests that farmers will continue tree planting activities. In result old agroforests may vanish while new ones will be established.
 
Date 2008
2012-06-04T09:12:51Z
2012-06-04T09:12:51Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Kusters, K., Ruiz Perez, M., De Foresta, H., Dietz, T., Ros-Tonen, M.A.F., Belcher, B., Manalu, P., Nawir, A.A., Wollenberg, E. 2008. Will agroforests vanish? the case of damar agroforests in Indonesia . Human Ecology 36 (3) :357-370. ISSN: 0300-7839.
0300-7839
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19907
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2506
 
Language en
 
Source Human Ecology