Migrant land rights reception and 'clearing to claim' in sub-Saharan Africa: A deforestation example from southern Zambia

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 190-198

  Unruh, Jon ^a   Cligget, Lisa ^b   Hay, Rod ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Deforestation; Land tenure; Migration; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

LABOR ALLOCATION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; REPERCUSSIONS;

DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; MIGRATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 28244478942     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2005.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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