Making community forest management work in northern Vietnam by pioneering participatory action

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-263

  Pinyopusarerk, Khongsak ^a   Tran, Thi Thu Ha ^b   Tran, Van Dien ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Quyet Thang Commune   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Collective ownership of community forest; Forest land allocation; Land use rights; Mountainous northern Vietnam; Participatory forest management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LAND USE PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84890605464     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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