The road to deforestation: An assessment of forest loss and its causes in Basho Valley, Northern Pakistan

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-380

  Ali, Jawad ^a   Benjaminsen, Tor A ^a   Hammad, Ahmed A ^a   Dick, Øystein B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest management; Himalayas; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; BASHO VALLEY; EURASIA; NORTHERN AREAS; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 27744580207     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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