Free, prior and informed consent: Implications for sustainable forest management in the Congo Basin

Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 319-334

  Freeman, Luke ^a,b   Lewis, Jerome ^a,b   Borreill Freeman, Sophie ^c,d   Wiedmer, Christoph ^e   Carter, Jane ^f   Clot, Nicole ^f   Tchoumba, Belmond ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Anthroscape Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Anthroscape Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e Society for Threatened Peoples   (Switzerland)

^f Environment and Climate Change Group   (Switzerland)

^g Friends of the Earth ^*  (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849774512     Document Type: Chapter

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