Sharing the wealth: A Comparative Study of the Distribution of Benefits from Community Forestry Management in Southern China and Nepal

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-23

  Rechlin, M A ^a   Hammett, A L ^b   Burch, W R ^c   Song, Y ^c  

^a Principia College   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits distribution; Community forestry; Forest products; Forest user groups; Forestry in China; Forestry in Nepal; Share Holding Integrated Forest Tenure (SHIFT)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NATURAL RESOURCES;

INDIGENEOUS SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; EMPOWERMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

CHINA; NEPAL;

EID: 0036062401     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v15n02_01     Document Type: Article

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