The influence of tourism on the woodcarving trade around Cape Town and implications for forest resources in southern Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-588

  Christian, Mikolo Y ^a   Chirwa, Paxie W ^a   Ham, Cori ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST RESOURCE; INFORMAL SECTOR; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TOURISM; WOOD;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

AFZELIA QUANZENSIS; BRACHYLAENA HUILLENSIS; DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA;

EID: 56349163868     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350802447800     Document Type: Article

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