Moving beyond rhetoric: The need for participatory forest management with the Jakun of South-East Pahang, Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-138

  Gill, S K ^a,b   Ross, W H ^a   Panya, O ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alternative livelihood; Centralization; Co management; Conservation; Orang Asli; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD; CENTRALIZATION; CO-MANAGEMENT; ORANG ASLI; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CATALYSIS; CENTRALIZATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 67649220389     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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