Farm and forest in central africa: Toward an integrated rural development strategy

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-132

  Russell, Diane ^a   Mbile, Peter ^b   Tchamou, Nicodeme ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bushmeat; Cameroon; Central Africa; Congo Basin; Conservation; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Fallow management; Humid forest; Land use planning; Upland rice

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO BASINS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FALLOW MANAGEMENT; HUMID FOREST; LAND USE PLANNING; UPLAND RICE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; LANDFORMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURE; BUSHMEAT; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FALLOW; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON; CONGO BASIN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78751639905     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811003757751     Document Type: Article

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