The non-timber forest policy process in Nepal: Actors, objectives and power

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 267-281

  Larsen, Helle Overgaard ^a   Olsen, Carsten Smith ^a   Boon, Tove Enggrob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forest legislation; Himalaya; Non timber forest products; Patronage politics; Policy formation processes; Rural development; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039176265     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1389-9341(00)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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