Community attitudes toward forest conservation programs through collaborative protected area management in Bangladesh

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1235-1252

  Chowdhury, Mohammad Shaheed Hossain ^a   Gudmundsson, Chloe ^b   Izumiyama, Shigeyuki ^a   Koike, Masao ^a   Nazia, Nahid ^c   Rana, Md Parvez ^d   Mukul, Sharif Ahmed ^b   Muhammed, Nur ^e   Redowan, Mohammed ^f  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Zoology Noakhali Government College   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^f SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Biodiversity conservation; Forest User Group; Protected area; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ETHNICITY; FOREST RESOURCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCENTIVE; INCOME; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; VILLAGE;

BANGLADESH; REMA-KALENGA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; SYLHET;

EID: 84941730617     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9524-y     Document Type: Article

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