A cost-benefit analysis of watershed rehabilitation: A case study in Farta Woreda, South Gondar, Ethiopia

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-55

  Yitbarek, T W ^a   Belliethathan, Satishkumar ^b   Fetene, Masresha ^b  

^a Environmental Society of Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Ethiopia; Sustainable watershed management; Watershed rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249158854     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.28.1.46     Document Type: Article

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