Improving communication for management of social-ecological systems in high mountain areas

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-79

  Amatya, Laxmi Krishna ^a   Cuccillato, Emanuele ^a   Haack, Barry ^a   Shadie, Peter ^b   Sattar, Nikhat ^a   Bajracharya, Birendra ^c   Shrestha, Basanta ^c   Caroli, Paolo ^d   Panzeri, Daniele ^d   Basani, Marcello ^e   Schommer, Beth ^e   Flury, Bastian ^e   Manfredi, Emanuela Chiara ^e,f   Salerno, Franco ^e,f  

^a HKKH Partnership Project   (Nepal)

^b Na Nakorn Building   (Thailand)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^d CESVI Cooperazione e Sviluppo   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

communication; Hindu Kush Karakoram Himalaya (HKKH) region; participatory modeling process; partnership; protected areas; social ecological system management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH; KARAKORAM; NEPAL; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77954236438     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00084.1     Document Type: Article

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