Land stewardship in practice: An example from the Eastern pamirs of Tajikistan

Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia: Balancing Improved Livelihoods, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 71-90

  Vanselow, Kim André ^a   Kraudzun, Tobias ^b   Samimi, Cyrus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Commons syndrome; Fuel wood; Land user rights; Mountains; Orographic environment; Socioeconomic status; Tenure; Teresken syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938071643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5367-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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