Commercial medicinal plant extraction in the hills of Nepal: Local management system and ecological sustainability

Environmental Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 88-101

  Larsen, Helle Overgaard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Legislation; Nardostachys grandiflora; Nepal; Nontimber forest products; Oakerson model; Spikenard

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AROMATIC PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARALIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOWER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; LAW; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALERIANACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NEPAL;

ARALIA; NARDOSTACHYS; VALERIANACEAE;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; HUMAN; NEPAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VALERIANACEAE;

EID: 0036134154     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0043-x     Document Type: Article

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