Looking back and looking ahead: Local empowerment and governance in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-63

  Baral, Nabin ^a   Stern, Marc J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annapurna; biodiversity conservation; community based conservation; governance; Nepal; park governance; protected areas management

Indexed keywords

ANNAPURNA; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION; GOVERNANCE; NEPAL; PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PARKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVOLUTION; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VILLAGE;

ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA; GANDAKI; NEPAL;

EID: 77957362148     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892909990269     Document Type: Article

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