Assessment of the impact of the lower Kihansi hydropower project on the forests of Kihansi Gorge, Tanzania

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 915-934

  Lovett, Jon C ^a   Hatton, John ^b   Mwasumbi, Leonard B ^c   Gerstle, John H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d Hydrosphere Resource Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Forest; Hydropower; Impact; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ACOSYSTEM; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST IMPACT; HYDROEELECTRIC PROJECT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROPOWER PROJECT; RIVER FLOW; TROPICAL FOREST;

KIHANSI RIVER; TANZANIA;

FILICIUM DECIPIENS;

EID: 0030745061     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018307412267     Document Type: Article

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