The link between community forestry policies and poverty and unemployment in rural Nepal

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-39

  Dhakal, Bhubaneswor ^a   Bigsby, Hugh R ^a   Cullen, Ross ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Community welfare; Forest policy; Nepal; Rural poverty; Rural unemployment; Welfare maximization model

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY REFORM; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33947269908     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2007)27[32:TLBCFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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