New wine in an old skin: The reality of tropical moist forest conservation in Nigeria

Land Use Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-147

  Ite, Uwem E ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Institutions; National Park; Nigeria; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000976840     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(98)80010-0     Document Type: Article

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