Integrated natural resource management: Approaches and lessons from the Himalaya

Ecology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Saxena, K G ^a   Rao, K S ^b   Sen, K K ^b   Maikhuri, R K ^b   Semwal, R L ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Community decision making; Himalaya; India; Integrated natural resource management; Land rehabilitation; Medicinal plants; Reforestation; Village

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249104232     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00289-050214     Document Type: Article

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