Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-205

  Barnes, Clare ^a   van Laerhoven, Frank ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective action; Community forestry; India; Institutional change; Institutional crafting; Institutional design; NGOs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTYPOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FRIEND; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84939266376     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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