Dependence on forest resources and tropical deforestation in Ghana

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-487

  Appiah, Mark ^a   Blay, Dominic ^b   Damnyag, Lawrence ^b   Dwomoh, Francis K ^b   Pappinen, Ari ^c   Luukkanen, Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Economic dependence on forest; Forest management attitude; Local knowledge; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGROFORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXPLOITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 67349108960     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-007-9125-0     Document Type: Article

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