## Abstract Recent years have seen greater official recognition and support for communityโbased natural resource management in hillside systems globally. In the Middle Hills of Nepal, this has led to adoption of Community Forestry with communities keen to conserve forest resources through greater c
Use of multipurpose trees in hill farming systems in Western Nepal
โ Scribed by Peter F. Fonzen; Erich Oberholzer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 927 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4366
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