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Rattan cultivation and livelihoods: the changing scenario in Kalimantan

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This article discusses an analysis of the changing role of rattan in people's livelihoods in an area of Kalimantan, Indonesia where it has been cultivated in a traditional rice-swidden system for more than 100 year.
    Publication year

    2001

    Authors

    Belcher, B.

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    canes and rattans, Calamus caesius, shifting cultivation, forest products industry, plantations, social benefits

    Geographic

    Indonesia

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