Socioeconomic constraints, environmental impacts and drivers of change in the Congo Basin as perceived by logging companies

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-324

  Pérez, Manuel Ruiz ^a   De Blas, Driss Ezzine ^a   Nasi, Robert ^b   Sayer, Jeffrey A ^c   Karsenty, Alain ^b   Sassen, Marieke ^b   Angoué, Claudine ^d   Gami, Norbert ^e   Ndoye, Ousseynou ^f   Ngono, Grégoire ^g   Nguinguiri, Jean Claude ^h   Nzala, Donatien ⁱ   Toirambe, Benjamin ^j   Yalibanda, Yves ^k  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^d U O B Département de Sociologie   (Gabon)

^e CIFOR Central and West Africa Regional Office ^*  (Congo)

^f Central Africa Regional Office   (Cameroon)

^g INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^h ITTO   (Gabon)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ MARIEN NGOUABI   (Congo)

^j FUSAGx   (Belgium)

^k Ministère des eaux forêts chasse et peche charge de l'environnement MEFCPE   (Central African Republic)

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Author keywords

Congo Basin; Drivers of change; Environmental impacts; Industrial logging; Socioeconomic constraints

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CONGO BASIN; DRIVERS OF CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL LOGGING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; INVESTMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER MARKET;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LOGGING; MARKET; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTS; LOGGING;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846893189     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906003365     Document Type: Article

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