Comparing a top-down and bottom-up approach in the identification of criteria and indicators for sustainable community forest management in Nepal

Forestry

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-158

  Khadka, Chiranjeewee ^a   Vacik, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOLISTIC APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

NEPAL;

EID: 84856923792     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr068     Document Type: Article

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