Gender roles and economics of exploitation, processing and marketing of bivalves and impacts on forest resources in the Sanaga Delta region of Douala-Edea Wildlife Reserve, Cameroon

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-172

  Ajonina, Patience U ^a   Ajonina, Gordon N ^b   Usongo, Leonard ^c   Mekongo, Fidèle ^b   Ayissi, Isidore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b CWCS Douala Edea Forest Project   (Cameroon)

^c WWF SE Forest Project ^*  (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Cameroon; Deforestation; Exploitation; Forest; Gender; Poverty Alleviation

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; EXPLOITATION; FOREST RESOURCE; GENDER ROLE;

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

BIVALVIA; INSECTA;

EID: 22744438102     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500509469627     Document Type: Article

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