Natural resources depletion in hill areas of Bangladesh: A review

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-156

  Biswas, Shampa ^a,b   Swanson, Mark E ^b   Vacik, Harald ^c  

^a INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Deforestation; DPSIR; Hill environment; Hill restoration and conservation; Land degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858652222     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-012-2028-z     Document Type: Review

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