Forest Villagers in Northeastern Hill Forests of Bangladesh: Examining Their Livelihoods, Livelihood Strategies and Forest Conservation Linkages

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-217

  Nath, Tapan Kumar ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Betel leaf; Forest conservation; Khasia; Livelihood capital

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PLANTATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE;

BANGLADESH;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 84902009240     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-013-9249-z     Document Type: Article

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