Participatory assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in a data-poor region: Case study of community-managed forests in central Nepal

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-92

  Paudyal, Kiran ^a   Baral, Himlal ^b   Burkhard, Benjamin ^c,d   Bhandari, Santosh P ^e   Keenan, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^e Indufor Asia Pacific Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Ecosystem services assessment; Expert opinion; Local knowledge; Participatory tools; Repeat photography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929279010     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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