Environmental impacts of community-based forest management in the Philippines

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-56

  Lasco, Rodel D ^a,b   Pulhin, Juan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Assisted natural regeneration; Community based forest management; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENTS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; PHILIPPINES; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 32644433584     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2006.008682     Document Type: Review

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