A fair share? Sharing the benefits and costs of collaborative forest management

International Forestry Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-280

  Mahanty, S ^a   Guernier, J ^b   Yasmi, Y ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; benefit sharing; collaborative forest management; equity; institutions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE IMPACT;

ASIA;

EID: 77954677953     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.11.2.268     Document Type: Article

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