Gold mining in Ghana's forest reserves: A report on the current debate

Area

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-185

  Hilson, Gavin ^a   Nyame, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Community; Environmental; Forest reserves; Ghana; Gold mining

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GOLD; MINING; NATURE RESERVE;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745218503     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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