Three decades of community-based forest management in the Philippines: Emerging lessons for sustainable and equitable forest management

International Forestry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 865-883

  Pulhin, J ^a   Inoue, M ^b   Enters, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Community based forest management; Forest policy; Philippines; Social equity; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; EQUITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 56949101294     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.9.4.865     Document Type: Review

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