Small farmers and forest loss in Cross River National Park, Nigeria

Geographical Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Ite, Uwem E ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest loss; National Park; Nigeria; Small farmers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEFORESTATION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SMALLHOLDER; TROPICAL FOREST;

CROSS RIVER NATIONAL PARK; NIGERIA;

EID: 0031544008     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3059685     Document Type: Article

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