Forest land use change at Trans-Boundary Laos-China Biodiversity Conservation Area

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 889-898

  Hemmavanh, Chanhda ^a,b   Ye, Yanmei ^a   Yoshida, A ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Prime Minister Office   (Laos)

Author keywords

land use change; Laos; Namha NBCAs; opium poppy cultivation; rubber plantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952051060     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-010-0818-1     Document Type: Article

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