Politico-economic determinants of forestry policy in Cameroon

GeoJournal

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 109-120

  Njoh, Ambe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Citizen participation; Community forest management; Environmental policy; Forestry policy; Grassroots based strategies; Market based strategies; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTRY POLICY; MARKET BASED STRATEGIES; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

FORESTRY;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

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

EID: 43149096029     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9118-z     Document Type: Article

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