Community forestry management and livelihood development in northwest China: Integration of governance, project design, and community participation

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-75

  Chen, Haiyun ^a   Zhu, Ting ^a   Krott, Max ^a   Maddox, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Sound Science LLC in USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Community based co management; Governance; Livelihood; Mechanism; Participation; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873510136     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0316-3     Document Type: Article

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