Farmers' attitude towards sustainable management of Soppina Betta Forests in Sringeri area of the Western Ghats, South India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 223-241

  Venkatesh Nayak, S N ^a   Ramachandra Swamy, H ^a   Nagaraj, B C ^a   Rao, Usha ^a   Chandrashekara, U M ^b  

^a Sri JCBM College   (India)

^b KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Management value index (MVI); Participatory rural appraisal (PRA); Soppina Betta forests; Vegetational structure

Indexed keywords

APOROSA LINDLEYANA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIA; MEMECLYON UMBELLATUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYZYGIUM CARYOPHYLLATUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

FARMERS ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

INDIA;

ARECA;

EID: 0343952994     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00231-5     Document Type: Article

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