Good Governance Assessment in Nepal's Community Forestry

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-564

  Pokharel, Ridish K ^a   Tiwari, Krishan R ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

community forestry; good governance; inclusive committee; Nepal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FOREST USER GROUPS; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST GOVERNANCE; GOOD GOVERNANCES; INCLUSIVE COMMITTEE; NEPAL; POVERTY REDUCTION; PRIMARY DATA;

SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

CLASS; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARGINALIZATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

FORESTRY; NEPAL; SURVEYS;

NEPAL;

EID: 84881007921     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2013.779902     Document Type: Article

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