Future scenarios as a tool for collaboration in forest communities

Sapiens

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Evans, Kristen ^a   de Jong, Wil ^b   Cronkleton, Peter ^c  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Forest devolution; Forest dependent communities; Future scenarios; Participatory methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449088124     PISSN: 19933800     EISSN: 19933819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/sapiens-1-97-2008     Document Type: Article

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