Khat expansion and forest decline in wondo genet, Ethiopia

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-203

  Dessie, Gessesse ^a   Kinlund, Peter ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cash crop; Deforestation; Ethiopia; Human environment interaction; Khat; Wondo Genet

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CASH CROPPING; DEFORESTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SHRUB;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WONDO GENET;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 44949231373     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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