Breaking the law? Illegal livelihoods from a Protected Area in Uganda

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-283

  Tumusiime, David Mwesigye ^a,b   Vedeld, Paul ^b   Gombya Ssembajjwe, William ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental income; Forest income; Illegal; Livelihoods; Protected Area; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL INCOMES; FOREST INCOME; ILLEGAL; LIVELIHOODS; PROTECTED AREAS; UGANDA;

CRIME; NATURAL RESOURCES; PARKS; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 79954633856     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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