Biocultural diversity, climate change and livelihood security of the Adi community: Grassroots conservators of eastern Himalaya Arunachal Pradesh

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-56

  Singh, Ranjay K ^a,b   Bhowmik, S N ^b   Pandey, C B ^b  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adi tribe; Arunachal Pradesh; Biocultural resources; Climate change; Livelihood sustainability; Traditional environmental knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952154605     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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