Seeing the wood for the trees: How conservation policies can place greater pressure on village forests in southwest China

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1959-1971

  Melick, David ^a   Yang, Xuefei ^a   Xu, Jianchu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Community forest; Firewood collection; Logging ban; Non timber forest products; Northwest Yunnan; Pinus densata; Tibetan villagers

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FORESTRY POLICY; RESOURCE USE; RURAL AREA; VILLAGE; WOOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JISHA; XIZANG; YUNNAN;

PINUS DENSATA;

EID: 34249739773     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9115-9     Document Type: Article

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