Participatory monitoring of biodiversity in East African grazing lands

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 636-648

  Oba, Gufu ^a   Byakagaba, P ^a   Angassa, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Banyarwanda; Herder knowledge; Invasive species; Landscape patches; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BANYARWANDA; HERDER KNOWLEDGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE PATCHES; UGANDA;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; MONITORING; TAXONOMIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; GRAZING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 47549110862     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.867     Document Type: Article

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