Protecting the rights of farmers and communities while securing long term market access for producers of non-timber forest products: Experience in southern africa

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-249

  Lombard, C ^a   Leakey, R R B ^b  

^a PhytoTrade Africa   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; COMMERCIALIZATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GERMPLASM; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MARKETING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 77957144899     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2010.9752669     Document Type: Article

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