Power, structure, gender relations and community-based conservation: The Cawswe study of the Sariska region, Rajasthan, India

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Torri, Maria Costanza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Gender and power relations; India; Management natural resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649642452     PISSN: 15398706     EISSN: 15398706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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