Seeing the wood for the trees: An assessment of the impact of participatory forest management on forest condition in Tanzania

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Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-391

  Blomley, Tom ^a   Pfliegner, Kerstin ^b   Isango, Jaconia ^c   Zahabu, Eliakimu ^d   Ahrends, Antje ^e   Burgess, Neil ^f,g  

^a Kingolwira National Fish Farm   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Tanzania Forestry Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g WWF USA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Arc; Forest condition; Participatory forest management; Sustainable use; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 47049105841     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308071433     Document Type: Article

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