Cocoa farms in the Mount Cameroon region: Biological and cultural diversity in local livelihoods

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2401-2427

  Laird, Sarah A ^a   Awung, Gabriel Leke ^b   Lysinge, Rita J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Conservation Without Frontiers ^*  (Cameroon)

^c Mt Cameroon Project   (Cameroon)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cameroon; Cocoa; Cultural diversity; Livelihoods; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; COCOA; CULTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34447106795     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9188-0     Document Type: Article

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