Powerful stakeholders as drivers of community forestry - Results of an international study

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-101

  Schusser, Carsten ^a   Krott, Max ^a   Yufanyi Movuh, Mbolo C ^a   Logmani, Jacqueline ^a   Devkota, Rosan R ^a   Maryudi, Ahamad ^a   Salla, Manjola ^a   Bach, Ngo Duy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Devolution of power; Forest developing policy; Sustainable common pool resources

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; TIMBER;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMON POOL RESOURCES; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVOLUTION OF POWER; ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; POLITICAL CONDITIONS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84938421182     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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