Sustainability attributes of a small-scale betel leaf agroforestry system: A case study in north-eastern hill forests of Bangladesh

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-304

  Nath, Tapan Kumar ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Forest villagers; Khasia community; Land ownership

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATURE CONSERVATION; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABILITY;

BANGLADESH;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 73449118567     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-009-9084-4     Document Type: Article

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