Logging in south Cameroon: Current methods and opportunities for improvement

International Forestry Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-16

  Jonkers, Wyb B J ^a   Van Leersum, Gart J R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Forest management; Logging; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; METHODOLOGY; RAINFOREST;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0034059848     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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