Application of criteria and indicators in community based sustainable mangrove management in the Sunderbans, India

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 468-477

  Datta, Debajit ^a   Guha, P ^a   Chattopadhyay, R N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SUNDERBANS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MANGROVE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77955768368     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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