Governing community forests and the challenge of solving two-level collective action dilemmas-A large-N perspective

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 539-546

  Van Laerhoven, Frank ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective action; Community forestry; Governance; IFRI

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PLANNING; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 77954661098     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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