Discourses of information in community forest user groups in Nepal

International Forestry Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-240

  Banjade, M R ^a   Schanz, Heiner ^b   Leeuwis, Cees ^c  

^a ForestAction   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community forest user group; Community forestry; Information; Perception; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; STAKEHOLDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751524131     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.8.2.229     Document Type: Article

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