Enhancing forest tenure reforms through more responsive regulations

Conservation and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-113

  Larson, Anne M ^a   Pulhin, Juan M ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

community forestry; conservation; property; public policy; regulations; tenure rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863767620     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.97482     Document Type: Article

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