The effectiveness of village bylaws in sustainable management of community-managed exclosures in Northern Ethiopia

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-86

  Yami, Mastewal ^a   Mekuria, Wolde ^b   Hauser, Michael ^c  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ethiopia)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Laos)

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

Author keywords

Closed areas; Communal forest; Institutions; Land degradation; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871936110     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0176-2     Document Type: Article

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