Forest property rights under nationalized forest management in Bhutan

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-147

  Dorji, Lam ^a   Webb, Edward L ^b   Shivakoti, Ganesh P ^b  

^a Royal Society for Protection of Nature   (Bhutan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Incentives; Institutions; Sokshing

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONS (IRFI); NATIONALIZED FOREST MANAGEMENT; SOKSHING;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; EXPLOITATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY APPROACH; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; COMMUNITY; COST; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HOUSEHOLD; LAW; LEAF LITTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; INCENTIVES;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33747823789     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002979     Document Type: Article

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