Human livelihoods and protected areas in Gabon: A cross-sectional comparison of welfare and consumption patterns

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Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-356

  Foerster, Steffen ^a   Wilkie, David S ^a,f   Morelli, Gilda A ^a   Demmer, Josefien ^b   Starkey, Malcolm ^c   Telfer, Paul ^d   Steil, Matthew ^e  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Gabon)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^e WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Gabon; household surveys; human livelihoods; poverty; protected areas; tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST COVER; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LOCAL PLANNING; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL RESOURCE; RAINFOREST; WELFARE REFORM;

GABON;

EID: 80155193181     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001791     Document Type: Article

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