Assessment of multifaceted environmental issues and model development of an Indo-Burma hotspot region

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-131

  Rai, Prabhat Kumar ^a  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Model development; Pristine environment; Shifting cultivation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FAUNAL DIVERSITY; FLORAL DIVERSITY; HOT SPOT; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NORTH- EAST INDIA; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; RESEARCH REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; PLANNING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FLORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIA; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYANMAR;

BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BURMA; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FORESTRY; INDIA; PLANNING;

INDIA; MYANMAR;

EID: 82255186660     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1951-8     Document Type: Article

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