Forest resources and rural livelihoods: The conflict between timber and non-timber forest products in the Congo Basin

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Supplement

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 36-44

  Ndoye, Ousseynou ^a   Tieguhong, Julius Chupezi ^a  

^a CIFOR Reg Off Ctrl and W Africa   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conflict resolution; Congo Basin; Forest management; Livelihoods; Logging concessions; Non timber forest products; Policy measures; Timber

Indexed keywords

FOREST RESOURCES; RURAL LIVELIHOODS;

BIODIVERSITY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

EID: 4444229611     PISSN: 14004089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14004080410034047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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