Deforestation and the Garo women of Modhupur Garh, Bangladesh

Asian Women

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 57-81

  Dey, Soma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Deforestation; Gender division; Indigenous; Matrilineal; Traditional

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054690413     PISSN: 1225925X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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