Socio-economic changes and sacred groves in South India: Protecting a community-based resource management institution

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-111

  Chandrakanth, M G ^a   Bhat, Mahadev G ^b   Accavva, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Common property; Forest policy; India; Market forces; Property rights; Sacred groves

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTION; SACRED GROVES;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3142779290     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2004.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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