Harvesting of non-timber forest products and implications for conservation in two montane forests of East Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-250

  Ndangalasi, Henry J ^a   Bitariho, Robert ^b   Dovie, Delali B K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation   (Uganda)

^c Pan African Network for Environment and Development   (South Africa)

^d Community Resources Periscope ^*  (Ghana)

Author keywords

Forest management; Non timber forest products; Plant harvesting; Protected area; Udzungwa Mountains

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPLOITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MONTANE FOREST; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PROTECTED AREA; VINE;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; UZUNGWA SCARP FOREST RESERVE;

APOCYNACEAE; LOESENERIELLA;

EID: 33751345098     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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