The upland settlement project of Bangladesh as a means of reducing land degradation and improving rural livelihoods

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-182

  Nath, Tapan Kumar ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chittagong Hill Tracts; Rubber plantation; Rural livelihoods; Shifting cultivation; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND TENURE; LIVING STANDARD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS;

EID: 73449128004     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-008-9048-0     Document Type: Article

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