Fire, livelihoods, and environmental change in the Middle Mahakam Peatlands, East Kalimantan

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Chokkalingam, Unna ^a   Kurniawan, Iwan ^a   Ruchiat, Yayat ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

East Kalimantan; El Ni o; Fire; Fishing; Livelihoods; Mahakam; Peatland; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FISHING; LAND USE CHANGE; PEATLAND; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ASIA; EAST KALIMANTAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MAHAKAM VALLEY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 27444433249     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01320-100126     Document Type: Article

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