Does Adaptive Collaborative Forest Governance Affect Poverty? Participatory Action Research in Nepal's Community Forests

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1235-1251

  McDougall, Cynthia ^a   Jiggins, Janice ^a   Pandit, Bishnu Hari ^b   Thapa Magar Rana, Sushila K ^c   Leeuwis, Cees ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Kathmandu Forestry College   (Nepal)

^c Disease Prevention and Health Awareness Programme   (Nepal)

Author keywords

adaptive collaborative governance; equity; gender; livelihoods; Nepal; power; social learning

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; GENDER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL SOCIETY;

NEPAL;

EID: 84885420174     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2013.779344     Document Type: Article

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