The political economy of forest entitlements: Can community based forest management reduce vulnerability at the forest margin?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-46

  Chomba, Susan ^a   Treue, Thorsten ^a   Sinclair, Fergus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based forest management; Democratic decision making; Endowments; Entitlements; Political economy; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; RURAL AREAS; SURVEYS;

COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENTS; ENDOWMENTS; ENTITLEMENTS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84938415979     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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