Participatory technology development for incorporating non-timber forest products into forest restoration in Yunnan, Southwest China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2010-2016

  He, Jun ^a   Zhou, Zhimei ^b   Weyerhaeuser, Horst ^c   Xu, Jianchu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Baoshan Forestry Bureau   (China)

^c National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute   (Laos)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plants; Participatory action research; Sloping Land Conversion Programme; Sustainable forest management; Traditional forest knowledge; Watershed restoration

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINAL PLANTS; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; SLOPING LAND CONVERSION PROGRAMME; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL FOREST KNOWLEDGE; WATERSHED RESTORATION;

AGRICULTURE; INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RESTORATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TIMBER; WATERSHEDS;

CONSERVATION;

AGROFORESTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND RECLAMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CONVERSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTS; LOGGING; RESTORATION; WATER SHEDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 64149084276     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.041     Document Type: Article

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