Fuelwood Use and Availability in Bhutan: Implications for National Policy and Local Forest Management

Human Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-135

  Wangchuk, Sangay ^a   Siebert, Stephen ^b   Belsky, Jill ^b  

^a Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment   (Bhutan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Household livelihood; Sustainable harvesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895069676     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9634-4     Document Type: Article

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