Forests to the people: Decentralization and forest degradation in the Indian Himalayas

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1642-1656

  Baland, Jean Marie ^a   Bardhan, Pranab ^b   Das, Sanghamitra ^c   Mookherjee, Dilip ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Community management; Himalayan forests; India

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; VILLAGE;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 77957304780     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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