Land and forest allocation in Lao People's Democratic Republic: Comparison of case studies from community-based natural resource management research

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-133

  Fujita, Yayoi ^a   Phanvilay, Khamla ^b  

^a National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute NAFRI   (Laos)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Customary resource use practice; Decentralized forest management; Land and forest allocation; Resource tenure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND REFORM; LAND USE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 39749091686     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920701681490     Document Type: Review

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