Governing forest restoration: Local case studies of sloping land conversion program in Southwest China

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-38

  He, Jun ^a,b  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Accountability; China; Decentralization; Forest restoration; Land use change; Payment for environmental service

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RESEARCH; RESTORATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACCOUNTABILITY; CHINA; DECENTRALIZATION; FOREST RESTORATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES;

CONSERVATION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RESEARCH; RESTORATION;

EID: 84904040801     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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