Decentralisation and community forestry programmes in Nepal: Issues and challenges

International Forestry Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Bhattacharya, A K ^a   Basnyat, B ^b  

^a Madhya Pradesh Forest Department ^*  (India)

^b Senior Research Officer   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Community Forestry; Decentralisation; Local government; Nepal; User groups

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; LEGISLATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33747183315     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.2005.7.2.147     Document Type: Article

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