Commercial management of non-timber forest products in Nepal's community forest users groups: Who benefits?

International Forestry Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-45

  Gauli, K ^a   Hauser, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

commercialisation; income benefits; multiple linear regression; Nepal; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FORESTRY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

NEPAL;

EID: 79955097408     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.13.1.35     Document Type: Article

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