Constituting forest communities in the hills of Nepal

International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-125

  Thoms, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community forestry; Conservation; Forest; Nepal; Participation; Poverty alleviation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HOMOGENEITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249944820     PISSN: 17451590     EISSN: 17451604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451590709618167     Document Type: Article

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