Indigenous economic institutions and ecological knowledge: A Ghanaian case study

Environmentalist

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-227

  Appiah Opoku, Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

GHANA;

EID: 0032753317     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026498611175     Document Type: Article

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