The politics of rights-based approaches in conservation

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 613-626

  Kashwan, Prakash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest rights; Indigenous people; Political economy of conservation; Politics of the environment; Property rights; Rights based approaches

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 84871729424     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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