Prospects for enhancing livelihoods, communities, and biodiversity in Africa through community-based forest management: A critical analysis

Local Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 405-421

  Mazur, Robert E ^a   Stakhanov, Oleg V ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based; Forest management; Government; Institutions; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 50349091468     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830701809700     Document Type: Article

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