Participatory forest management in Ethiopia: Learning from pilot projects

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 838-854

  Ameha, Aklilu ^a   Larsen, H O ^a   Lemenih, Mulugeta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Forest conservation; Forest user groups; Institutional effectiveness; Ownership feelings; Participatory forest management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION;

ETHIOPIA; FOREST CONSERVATION; INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; OWNERSHIP FEELINGS; USER GROUPS;

DEFORESTATION;

DECENTRALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; OWNERSHIP; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHIOPIA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; INCOME; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PILOT STUDY; SCALE UP;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ETHIOPIA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP;

ETHIOPIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ETHIOPIA; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; TREES;

EID: 84898546318     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0243-9     Document Type: Article

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