Informal institutions as mechanisms to address challenges in communal grazing land management in Tigray, Ethiopia

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-87

  Yami, Mastewal ^a   Vogl, Christian ^a   Hauser, Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

communal resource management; conflicts; free grazing; rules; Wereda; zero grazing

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GRASS; GRAZING; HARVESTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAY;

BOS;

EID: 79951530501     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2010.530124     Document Type: Article

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