Traditional livelihood based on sheep grazing in the khangchendzonga national park, sikkim

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Tambe, Sandeep ^a,b   Rawat, G S ^a,b  

^a Department of Rural Management and Development   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern himalaya; Forage; Grazing; Herding; Participatory conservation; Sustainable development; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651466039     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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