Fengshui forest management by the Buyi ethnic minority in China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2002-2009

  Yuan, Juanwen ^a   Liu, Jinlong ^b  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Customary regulation; Forest history; Forest management; Forest policy; Guizhou; Livelihoods; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMARY REGULATION; FOREST HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST POLICY; GUIZHOU; LIVELIHOODS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EROSION; RURAL AREAS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; IDEOLOGY; RURAL AREA; VILLAGE;

EROSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 63749128282     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.040     Document Type: Article

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