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From Blueprints to Empowerment of Disadvantaged Groups in Natural Resource Governance: Lessons from Nepal and Tanzania

International Journal of the Commons
Volume 13 (2019): Issue 2
By: Maija Anneli Hyle,  Bishnu Prasad Devkota and  Irmeli Mustalahti  
Open Access
|Oct 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.951 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 20, 2018
Accepted on: Jun 21, 2019
Published on: Oct 30, 2019
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Keywords:
Dalits,
rural women,
decision-making,
natural resources,
participation,
responsive environmental governance

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