The development of appropriate ecological criteria and indicators for community forest conservation using participatory methods: A case study in northeastern Thailand

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 614-624

  Gomontean, Bhuvadol ^a   Gajaseni, Jiragorn ^a   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^b   Gajaseni, Nantana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community forest; Criteria and indicators; Ecological indicators; Forest management; Multi criteria decision making; Participatory management

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (MCDM); PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MAHA SARAKHAM; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 40649095240     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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