Devolution as a means of expanding local forest management in South China: Lessons from the past 20 years

China's Forests: Global Lessons from Market Reforms

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 27-44

  Liu, Dachang ^a,b   Edmunds, David ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

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EID: 84905633052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781936331239     Document Type: Chapter

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