Governance and sustainability challenges in landscapes shaped by mining: Mining-forestry linkages and impacts in the Copper Belt of Zambia and the DR Congo

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-30

  Mwitwa, J ^a   German, L ^b   Muimba Kankolongo, A ^a   Puntodewo, A ^b  

^a Lulea University of Technology   (Zambia)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Copper mining; Democratic Republic of Congo; Forestry; Governance; Miombo woodlands; Zambia

Indexed keywords

COPPER MINING; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; GOVERNANCE; MIOMBO WOODLANDS; ZAMBIA;

COPPER; COPPER MINES; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; GERMANIUM;

TIMBER;

CONGO; COPPER; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; GERMANIUM; MINING; WOOD; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84868194100     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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