The New Forest Policy and Joint Forest Management in India

The Forests Handbook

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 233-259

  Saxena, Naresh C ^a  

^a Ministry of Rural Development   (India)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest policy; Resource degradation; Subtropical forests; Timber production

Indexed keywords

FOREST POLICY; JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENTS; NEW FORESTS; RESOURCE DEGRADATION; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84890136759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757079.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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