Achieving sustainable charcoal supply from woodlands to urban consumers in Kampala, Uganda

International Forestry Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-78

  Namaalwa, J ^a   Hofstad, O ^b   Sankhayan, P L ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass; Charcoal; Recursive model; Regulatory interventions; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; FORESTRY MODELING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POLICY MAKING; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; URBAN POPULATION; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; EAST AFRICA; KAMPALA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 67650652176     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.11.1.64     Document Type: Article

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