Deforestation in the Ayeyarwady Delta and the conservation implications of an internationally-engaged Myanmar

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 321-333

  Webb, Edward L ^a   Jachowski, Nicholas R A ^a   Phelps, Jacob ^a   Friess, Daniel A ^a   Than, Maung Maung ^b   Ziegler, Alan D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Mangrove and Environmental Rehabilitation Network (MERN)   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cropland; Expansion; Governance; Land use; Mangrove; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; AGROINDUSTRY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPORT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCENTIVE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVESTMENT; LAND COVER; MANGROVE; NATIONAL ECONOMY; POLICY REFORM; REMOTE SENSING; TENURE RELATIONS;

AYEYARWADY; IRRAWADDY DELTA; MYANMAR;

EID: 84896712005     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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