Reviving the degraded forests of Andhra Pradesh, India: An effort through joint forest management

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-107

  Kameswara Rao, K ^a   Prasada Rao, P V V ^a   Singh, Narpat ^b  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Andhra Pradesh State Forest Department   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Biomass; Joint forest management; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; BASAL AREA; DEGRADED FORESTS; JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENTS; SIZE CLASS; STEM DENSITY; TREE SPECIES;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 32644433463     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2006.008686     Document Type: Article

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