Community management by decree? Lessons from Cambodia's fisheries reform

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Ratner, Blake D ^a  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Common property; Community based natural resources management; Enforcement; Environmental resource conflict; Fisheries; Governance; Illegal fishing; Open access; Policy reform

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 30644460693     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920500323344     Document Type: Review

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