Farmer strategies and forest conservation: A case study from south-western Madagascar

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 704-716

  Casse, Thorkil ^a   Nielsen, Uffe ^b   Ranaivoson, Socrate ^c   Randrianamarivo, Jean Romuald ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Environmental Assessment Institute   (Denmark)

^c Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l Environnement   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Conservation; Madagascar; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544443624     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290510608219     Document Type: Review

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