Land use transformation in the mountainous mainland Southeast Asia region and the role of indigenous knowledge and skills in forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2035-2043

  Rerkasem, Kanok ^a   Yimyam, Narit ^a   Rerkasem, Benjavan ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cash crops; Ethnic minorities; Forest management; Indigenous knowledge; Mainland Southeast Asia; Mountainous areas; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPS; ETHNIC MINORITIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA; MOUNTAINOUS AREAS; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CROPS; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CASH CROPPING; CULTIVATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 63749132416     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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