Project

Development of Sustainability Assessment in Rural Multiple Use Forest in the Upper Mekong Watershed, Northwest Yunnan, China

Code
01W01307
Duration
17 January 2008 → 16 January 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Physical geography and environmental geoscience
  • Engineering and technology
    • Communications technology
    • Geomatic engineering
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Forestry sciences
Keywords
development and conservation sustainable forestry Vietnam (Mekong) decision making china rural multiple use management scenarios
 
Project description

Through integrating quantifiable ecological, economical and social forest attributes, this doctoral research proposal is designed to explore a new paradigm of sustainable forest management towards science based eco-management of rural multiple use forest. Moreover, it is to achieve objective resource assessment and adapted management procedures, and to allow for the establishment of a delicate balance between development and conservation.