Biodiversity use through harvesting faunal resources from forests by the Mro tribe in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  Chowdhury, Mohammad Shaheed Hossain ^a   Halim, Md Abdul ^a   Miah, Md Danesh ^b   Muhammed, Nur ^c   Koike, Masao ^c  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Dependence; Hill forests; Hunting; Mro; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST RESOURCE; HARVESTING; HILL; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ELEPHANTIDAE; HEXAPODA; SQUAMATA; SUS SCROFA; VARANUS;

EID: 34247259820     PISSN: 17451590     EISSN: 17451604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451590709618162     Document Type: Article

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