The case for bushmeat as a component of development policy: Issues and challenges

International Forestry Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-155

  Brown, D ^a   Williams, A ^a  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Governance; Livelihoods; Management; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FOREST RESOURCE; LIVESTOCK; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

EID: 0042769389     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/IFOR.5.2.148.17414     Document Type: Article

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