Assessing community values to support mapping of ecosystem services in the Koshi river basin, Nepal

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-80

  van Oort, Bob ^a   Bhatta, Laxmi Dutt ^b   Baral, Himlal ^c   Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^d   Dhakal, Madhav ^b   Rucevska, Ieva ^e   Adhikari, Ramesh ^f  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)   (Nepal)

^e GRID Arendal   (Norway)

^f WWF Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Local perceptions; Mapping community value; Participatory approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930177907     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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