Responding to pressure on local natural resources: The story of three villages in south-eastern Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-371

  Dunn, J E ^a  

^a FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Facilitation of farmer led change; Indigenous innovation; Indigenous natural resource management; South eastern Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREAS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACILITATION OF FARMER-LEAD CHANGE; INDIGENOUS INNOVATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INNOVATIVE ABILITY; NIGERIA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIUM;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENEOUS KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NIGERIA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031460595     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1997.0155     Document Type: Article

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