Pro-poor commercial management of non-timber forest products in Nepal's community forest user groups: Factors for success

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-307

  Gauli, Kalyan ^a   Hauser, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Community forest user groups (CFUGs); Inclusion; Institutional arrangements; Nepal; NGOs; Non timber forest products (NTFPs); Pro poor programs

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 72849121226     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.00051     Document Type: Article

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