Beyond the 'local community': The evolution of multi-scale politics in nepal's community forestry regimes

International Forestry Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-353

  Ojha, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Governance; Multi scale governance; Nepal; Regimes; Socio environmental field

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

NEPAL;

EID: 84906348778     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554814812572520     Document Type: Article

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