Indigenous knowledges and vegetation use among bedouin in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Applied Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-103

  Briggs, John ^a   Badri, Mohamed ^b   Mekki, Abdel Monaim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Aswan Regional Planning Centre   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bedouin; Egypt; Indigenous knowledges; Vegetation resources

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VEGETATION;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 0033120131     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(98)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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