The khasiatribe of northeastern bangladesh: Their socio-economic status, hill farming practices and impacts on forest conservation

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-311

  Nath, T K ^a   Makoto, Inoue ^a   Islam, M J ^a   Kabir, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Betel leaf; Betel nut; Rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HILL FARMING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SYLHET;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 1142305356     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2003.9752467     Document Type: Article

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