Deforestation and sustainable mixed-use landscapes: A view from the eastern himalaya

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 141-149

  Bawa, Kamaljit S ^a,b,c   Seidler, Reinmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversityloss; ecosystemservices EasternHimalaya land usepatterns; smallholderagriculture; sustainablelandscapes; usableknowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924977632     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2012019     Document Type: Article

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