Participatory approach to rehabilitation of degraded forest lands: A case study in a high altitude village of Indian Himalaya

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Rao, K S ^a   Maikhuri, R K ^a   Saxena, K G ^b  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Broadleaved trees; Local participation; Medicinal species; People's perceptions; Temperate bamboo

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM; ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM; HETEROPHYLLUM; THAMNOCALAMUS SPATHIFLORUS;

EID: 6944248038     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01435698.1999.9752988     Document Type: Article

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