Evaluation of regeneration of Shorea robusta forests under joint forest management in West Bengal, India

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-22

  Mishra, T K ^a   Mandal, D ^a   Maiti, S K ^a  

^a Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

Community forestry; JFM; Midnapore; Sal forest; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; TIMBER;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FAST-GROWING SPECIES; JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENTS; MIDNAPORE; SAL FOREST; WEST BENGAL; WEST BENGAL , INDIA; WOODY BIOMASS;

REFORESTATION;

SHOREA; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 32644441262     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2006.008679     Document Type: Article

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