Outmigrating men: A window of opportunity for women's participation in community forestry?

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Giri, Kalpana ^a   Darnhofer, Ika ^b  

^a ForestAction   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making; Left behind women; Migration; Nepal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FOREST USER GROUPS; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL ASSEMBLY; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LEFT-BEHIND WOMEN; MIGRATION; NEPAL; SEMI-STRUCTURED;

DECISION MAKING; SURVEYS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; MIGRATION; NEPAL; SURVEYS; WOMEN;

EID: 77957787223     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.506769     Document Type: Article

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