High value forests, hidden economies and elite capture: Evidence from forest user groups in Nepal's Terai

Ecological Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-107

  Iversen, Vegard ^b   Chhetry, Birka ^a   Francis, Paul ^b   Gurung, Madhu ^a   Kafle, Ghanendra ^a   Pain, Adam ^b   Seeley, Janet ^b  

^a Natural and Organisational Resources Management Services (NORMS)   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit distribution; Community forestry; Elite capture; Hidden economy; Nepal

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; POLICY STRATEGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE HILLS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; TARAI;

EID: 33646572190     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.05.021     Document Type: Article

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