The non-timber forest products sector in Nepal: Emerging policy issues in plant conservation and utilization for sustainable development

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-563

  Heinen, Joel T ^a   Shrestha Acharya, Ranju ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forest policy; Natural resources; Non timber forest products (NTFPs); Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPMENT POLICIES; FOREST POLICY; MARKETING INFORMATION; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; PLANT CONSERVATION; POLICY ISSUES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELEVANT DOCUMENTS; RESOURCE POLICY; ROYALTY RATE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACTION PLAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; NATURAL RESOURCES; NEPAL; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

NEPAL;

EID: 80052219361     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2011.567376     Document Type: Article

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