Indigenous knowledge in natural resource management by the hill people: A case of the mro tribe in bangladesh

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-151

  Chowdhury, Mohammad Shaheed Hossain ^a   Halim, Abdul ^b   Muhammed, Nur ^a   Koike, Masao ^a   Biswas, Shampa ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ethno forestry; Forest resources; Jhum; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL HERITAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68149163439     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2009.9752660     Document Type: Article

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