Production analysis of collaborative forest management using an example of joint forest management from Gujarat, India

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 301-320

  Misra, Dinesh ^a   Kant, Shashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative forest management; India; Joint forest management; Multiple outputs; Non conventional factors; Production function; Production possibility surfaces

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT (CFM); JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT (JFM); PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 2442499514     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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