Regeneration of teak forests under joint forest management in Gujarat

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-95

  Patel, Ramesh ^a,b   Mali, Subhash ^a   Tripathi, J P ^a,b   Kaushal, Vijay ^a,b   Mudrakartha, Srinivas ^a,b,c,d  

^a Ecological and Economics Research Network   (India)

^b Viksat   (India)

^c International Association of Hydrologists   (United Kingdom)

^d Water Policy and Law Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Gujarat; Joint forest management; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RURAL AREAS; TIMBER;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DIVERSITY INDEX; GUJARAT; JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENTS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTANTIAL BIOMASS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VEGETATION PARAMETERS;

REFORESTATION;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 32644444605     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2006.008685     Document Type: Article

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