Community forests for forest communities: Integrating community-defined goals and practices in the design of forestry initiatives

Land Use Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-167

  Hajjar, Reem ^a   Kozak, Robert A ^a   El Lakany, Hosny ^a   Innes, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom up approach; Brazil; Community forestry; Grounded approach; Mexico

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

BRAZIL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84875763339     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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