From grassroots to policy deliberation: The case of community forest users' federation in Nepal

Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources: Management, Policy and Institutions in Nepal

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 60-85

  Ojha, Hemant R ^a   Timsina, Netra P ^a  

^a Environmental Resources Institute ^*  (Nepal)

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EID: 84872368739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/UPO9788175968691.006     Document Type: Chapter

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