Community forestry initiatives in Southeast Asia: A review of ecological impacts

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Ravindranath, N H ^a,b   Murali, K S ^a   Sudha, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Unit for Greenhouse Gas Inventories   (France)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Ecological impacts; India; Joint forest management; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; INDIA; JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENTS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 32644433338     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2006.008678     Document Type: Article

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