Community perceptions of state forest ownership and management: A case study of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-149

  Roy, Anjan Kumer Dev ^a,b   Alam, Khorshed ^a   Gow, Jeff ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Common property; Corruption; Forest degradation; Property rights; Sundarbans Mangrove Forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CRIME;

BANGLADESH; COMMON PROPERTY; COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CORRUPTION; FOREST DEGRADATION; FOREST DEPARTMENT; FOREST-DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES; PROPERTY RIGHT; SUNDARBAN MANGROVE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION STATUS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANGROVE; OWNERSHIP; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SURVEYING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FISHING; FOREST; HARVEST; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANGROVE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BANGLADESH; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 84873308807     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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