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Assessing the Social Benefits of Tree Planting by Smallholders in Vietnam: Lessons for Large-Scale Reforestation Programs

Pamela McElwee and Tran Huu Nghi
Ecological Restoration, March 2021, 39 (1-2) 52-63; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.39.1-2.52
Pamela McElwee
Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 55 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 U.S.
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Tran Huu Nghi
Tropenbos Vietnam, 1 Đoàn Hữu Trưng, Phước Vĩnh, Thành phố Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam.
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