A comparative assessment of community forest models in Cameroon and British Columbia, Canada

Land Use Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 928-936

  Alemagi, Dieudonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; British Columbia; Cameroon; Canada; Central Africa; Community forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAMEROON; CANADA;

EID: 77649339399     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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