Indigenous exploitation and management of tropical forest resources: An evolutionary continuum in forest-people interactions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Wiersum, K F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Domestication of landscapes; Forest management; Forest use dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PEOPLE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOCAL MANAGEMENT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; TROPICS;

EID: 0030619347     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01124-3     Document Type: Review

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