Ecosystem services from community-based forestry in Nepal: Realising local and global benefits

Land Use Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 342-355

  Paudyal, Kiran ^a   Baral, Himlal ^a,b   Lowell, Kim ^c   Keenan, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Community forestry; Ecosystem services; Environmental policy; Livelihoods; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIVELIHOOD; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

NEPAL;

EID: 85012074549     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.01.046     Document Type: Article

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