Pluralism and the less powerful: Accommodating multiple interests in local forest management

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 199-222

  Wollenberg, Eva ^a   Anderson, Jon ^b   Edmunds, David ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c OyateDuta   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Interests; Local forest management; Pluralism; Social learning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 0013360695     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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