Conservation of a leafy vegetable important for communities in the Nigerian rainforest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1660-1665

  Ezebilo, Eugene E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Sustainable; Willingness to conserve

Indexed keywords

BINARY LOGIT MODEL; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; EMPIRICAL DATA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LEAFY VEGETABLES; NATIONAL PARKS; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; PROTECTED AREAS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PARKS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIMBER; VEGETABLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; NATIONAL PARK; NONTARGET ORGANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFOREST; SUSTAINABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; NIGERIA; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; VEGETABLES;

CROSS RIVER [(STT) NIGERIA]; CROSS RIVER NATIONAL PARK; NIGERIA;

GNETUM; GNETUM AFRICANUM;

EID: 77649273073     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.044     Document Type: Article

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