Indigenous rangeland resource management in the mountainous areas of northern Nepal: A case study from the Rasuwa District

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-160

  Dong, S K ^a   Lassoie, J P ^b   Yan, Z L ^c   Sharma, E ^c   Shrestha, K K ^d   Pariya, D ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^d NARC   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Institutional arrangement; Property right systems; Traditional practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248941520     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ07033     Document Type: Article

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