Integrating local and expert knowledge using participatory mapping and GIS to implement integrated forest management options in Akok, Cameroon

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 392-397

  Robiglio, V ^a,b,c   Mala, W A ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Cameroon)

^c c/o Lambourn ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for International Forestry Research   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Forest agriculture interface; Land tenure; Landscape; Local knowledge; Participatory mapping; Tropical forest management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; SOCIO-CULTURAL PATTERNS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION MAPPING;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; MAPPING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GIS; LAND USE; MAPPING; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 21244500258     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81392-3     Document Type: Article

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