Management conflicts in Cameroonian community forests

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  de Blas, Driss Ezzine ^a   Ruiz Pérez, Manuel ^b   Vermeulen, Cédric ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Université de Gembloux   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Common pool resources management; Community forests; Network analysis; Social conflicts

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LEADERSHIP; LOGGING (TIMBER); NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

CAMEROON;

EID: 79954526393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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