Territorial tensions: Rainforest conservation, postconflict recovery, and land tenure in Liberia

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 995-1002

  Brottem, Leif ^a   Unruh, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forests; Land tenure; Liberia; Postwar

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND TENURE; PEACE PROCESS; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; POST-WAR; RAINFOREST; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

AFRICA; LIBERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70450175137     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903202855     Document Type: Article

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