Forest users and environmental impacts of community forestry in the hills of Nepal

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-352

  Pandit, Ram ^a   Bevilacqua, Eddie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Community forestry; Environmental impact; Forest product supply; Forest user group; Social group

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FOREST; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST GOVERNANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT SUPPLY; FOREST PRODUCTS; FOREST USER GROUP; POSITIVE CHANGES; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL GROUPS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY; RATING; TIMBER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; NEPAL; RATING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957623526     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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