REDD+ policy making in Nepal: Toward state-centric, polycentric, or market-oriented governance?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bushley, Bryan R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b East West Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Decentralization; Forest governance; Policy networks; South Asia

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 84911387067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06853-190334     Document Type: Article

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