Forest inventory in Nepal – Technical power or social empowerment?

Taking Stock of Nature: Participatory Biodiversity Assessment for Policy, Planning and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 165-184

  Hull, Jane ^a   Ojha, Hemant ^b   Paudel, Krishna Prasad ^b  

^a Forestry Commission England   (United Kingdom)

^b Forest Action ^*  (Nepal)

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EID: 84888013288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676482.008     Document Type: Chapter

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