Possession versus property in a tree plantation socioenvironmental conflict in Southern Cameroon

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 831-848

  Gerber, Julien François ^a   Veuthey, Sandra ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulu; Cameroon; Commons; Credit; Customary forest management; Environmental conflict; Industrial tree plantations; Institutional logic; Peasant resistance; Property economics

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMMERCIALIZATION; COMMON ANCESTRY; CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MINORITY GROUP; PROPERTY MARKET; SOCIAL CONFLICT; TREE PLANTING;

CAMEROON;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 79960683566     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2010.521887     Document Type: Article

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