Property rights in protected areas: Obstacles to community involvement as a solution in Thailand

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-268

  Vandergeest, Peter ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

community management; forest; property; protected areas; resource rights; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HUMAN; LAW; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; THAILAND;

EID: 0030453744     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s037689290003887x     Document Type: Article

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