Resiliency and change in common property regimes in West Africa: The case of the Tongo in the Gambia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-402

  Freudenberger, Mark Schoonmaker ^a   Carney, Judith A ^b   Lebbie, Aiah R ^c  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Common property regimes, West Africa; Commons, Africa; Forestry, Guinea; Forestry, Sierra Leone; Forestry, The Gambia; Land tenure, West Africa; Rural development, West Africa; Tree crops, West Africa; Tree tenure, West Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; LAND TENURE; TREE TENURE;

GAMBIA; GUINEA; SIERRA LEONE;

POACEAE;

EID: 0031423434     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941929709381036     Document Type: Article

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