Understanding social-ecological interdependence using ecosystem services perspective in Bhutan, Eastern Himalayas:

Ecosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Kandel, Pratikshya ^a   Tshering, Dago ^b   Uddin, Kabir ^a   Lhamtshok, Tshering ^b   Aryal, Kamal ^a   Karki, Seema ^a   Sharma, Bikash ^a   Chettri, Nakul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN)   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

community perceptions; dependence; ecosystem services; land use; participatory approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043684631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2121     Document Type: Article

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