The role of communities in closed area management in Ethiopia

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-50

  Mengistu, Tefera ^a   Teketay, Demel ^b   Hultén, Håkan ^b   Yemshaw, Yonas ^c  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b Dept of Forest Mgmt/Products ^*  (Sweden)

^c African Forestry Research Network (AFORNET)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Enclosure; Ethlopian highlands; Ownership; Participation; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND DEGRADATION; OWNERSHIP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17044414533     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0044:trocic]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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