Seeing farmers for the trees: Community forestry and the arborealisation of agriculture in northern Thailand

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-324

  Walker, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arborealisation; Community forestry; Northern Thailand; Tenure; Upland agriculture

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL ECONOMY; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 11044229470     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2004.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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