Access to power or genuine empowerment? An analysis of three community forest groups in Nepal

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Lachapelle, Paul R ^a   Smith, Patrick D ^b   McCool, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b NW Oregon Invasive Weed Mgmt P ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Democracy; Empowerment; Governance; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442701766     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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