Indigenous ecological knowledge, biodiversity and sustainable development in the central Himalayas

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-111

  Rao, K S ^a,c   Semwal, R L ^a   Maikhuri, R K ^a   Nautiyal, S ^a   Sen, K K ^a   Singh, K ^b   Chandrasekhar, K ^b   Saxena, K G ^b  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Natural resource management; Rehabilitation ecology; Sustainable livelihood; Traditional knowledge and technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0141685909     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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