Transaction costs of community-based forest management: Empirical evidence from Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 468-477

  Meshack, Charles K ^a   Ahdikari, Bhim ^b   Doggart, Nike ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^b  

^a Tanzania Forest Conservation Group   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambangulu; Community based forest management; Eastern Arc; Tanzania; Transaction costs; Wealth criteria

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MONTANE FOREST; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TRANSACTION COST;

AFRICA; AMBANGULU FOREST; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 33748137798     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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