Use of forest resources by residents of Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bhutan: Practices and perceptions in a context of constraints

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-333

  Katel, Om N ^a   Schmidt Vogt, Dietrich ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Bhutan; buffer zone; Forest resource use; management; perceptions; protected area

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCENTIVE; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BHUTAN; JIGME SINGYE WANGCHUCK NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 82655170475     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00077.1     Document Type: Article

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