Forests and forest management practices in Bangladesh: The question of sustainability

International Forestry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 627-640

  Biswas, Shekhar R ^a   Choudhury, Junald K ^a  

^a Bangladesh Country Office   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community forestry; Conservation; Forest policy; Management; Sustainable forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67649209788     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.9.2.627     Document Type: Article

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