Forestry in Bangladesh: An overview

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 148-153

  Iftekhar, Md Sayed ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Forest degradation; Forest management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST DEGRADATION; MULTISTAKEHOLDER-BASED CONSERVATION;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

BANGLADESH; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33744511709     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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