Political transition and emergent forest-conservation issues in Myanmar

Conservation Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1257-1270

  Prescott, Graham W ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   Aguirre, Daniel ^c   Baird, Matthew ^d   Bowman, Vicky ^e   Brunner, Jake ^f   Connette, Grant M ^g   Cosier, Martin ^h   Dapice, David ⁱ   De Alban, Jose Don T ^a   Diment, Alex ^j   Fogerite, Julia ^k   Fox, Jefferson ^l   Hlaing, Win ^m   Htun, Saw ^j   Hurd, Jack ⁿ   LaJeunesse Connette, Katherine ^g   Lasmana, Felicia ^o   Lim, Cheng Ling ^a   Lynam, Antony ^p   Maung, Aye Chan ^q   McCarron, Benjamin ^r   McCarthy, John F ^s   McShea, William J ^g   Momberg, Frank ^t   Mon, Myat Su ^u   Myint, Than ^j   Oberndorf, Robert ^v   Oo, Thaung Naing ^q   Phelps, Jacob ^w   Rao, Madhu ^a,p   Schmidt Vogt, Dietrich ^x   Speechly, Hugh ^m   Springate Baginski, Oliver ^y   Steinmetz, Robert ^z   Talbott, Kirk ^aa   Than, Maung Maung ^ab   Thaung, Tint Lwin ^ab   Thawng, Salai Cung Lian ^ac   Thein, Kyaw Min ^u   Thein, Shwe ^ad   Tizard, Robert ^j   Whitten, Tony ^t   Williams, Guy ^ae   Wilson, Trevor ^s   Woods, Kevin ^af   Ziegler, Alan D ^a   Zrust, Michal ^o   Webb, Edward L ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c International Commission of Jurists Member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee   (Myanmar)

^d MatthewBairdcomau   (Thailand)

^e Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB)   (Myanmar)

^f IUCN Indo Burma Group   (Viet Nam)

^g SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Myanmar)

^k IUCN Myanmar   (Myanmar)

^l EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^m FLEGT Secretariat   (Myanmar)

ⁿ THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^o Daemeter Consulting   (Indonesia)

^p WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^q FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Myanmar)

^r Asia Research and Engagement   (Singapore)

^s AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^t FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^u Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation   (Myanmar)

^v TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^w LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^z WWF Thailand   (Thailand)

^aa ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ab Kasetsart Post Office   (Thailand)

^ac Pyoe Pin   (Myanmar)

^ad Land Core Group   (Myanmar)

^ae Environmental Resources Management   (Singapore)

^af UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

agricultura; agriculture; civil war; escaneo del horizonte; establecimiento de prioridades; forestry; gobernanza; governance; guerra civil; horizon scan; infraestructura; infrastructure; land tenure; priority setting; silvicultura; tenencia

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CIVIL WAR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INFRASTRUCTURE; LAND TENURE; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER INDUSTRY; TREND ANALYSIS;

MYANMAR;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MYANMAR; POLITICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MYANMAR; POLITICS;

EID: 85031323149     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13021     Document Type: Review

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