Monitoring, indicators and community based forest management in the tropics: Pretexts or red herrings?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1303-1317

  Garcia, Claude A ^a   Lescuyer, Guillaume ^b  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Community based forest management; Criteria and indicators; Local monitoring; Participation; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TELEOST; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 45449101317     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9347-y     Document Type: Article

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