Participatory methods for planning the future in forest communities

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 604-619

  Evans, Kristen ^a   de Jong, Wil ^b   Cronkleton, Peter ^c   Nghi, Tran Huu ^d  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (Bolivia)

^d NONE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

BOLIVIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 77953463320     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802713572     Document Type: Article

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