Participatory conservation planning in Kangchenjunga transboundary biodiversity conservation landscape

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-176

  Chettri, Nakul ^a   Thapa, Rajesh ^a   Shakya, Bandana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Conservation corridors; Participatory approaches; Protected areas; Regional cooperation; Transboundary landscapes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MOUNTAIN; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER;

ASIA; BHUTAN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KANGCHENJUNGA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG;

EID: 53849129574     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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