The discursive construction of conflict in participatory forest management: The case of the Agoua forest restoration in Benin

Conservation and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-131

  Idrissou, Latifou ^a   Aarts, Noelle ^a,b   Van Paassen, Annemarie ^a   Leeuwis, Cees ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agoua; Benin; conflict; interactional framing; participation; protected area management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052134573     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.83722     Document Type: Article

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