The significance of social capital in local forest management in Laos: Overcoming latent conflict between local people and local forestry officials

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-24

  Hyakumura, Kimihiko ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Laos; Local forest management; Social capital; Traditional forest related knowledge

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33646348703     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500609469658     Document Type: Article

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