Benefits and Barriers to Certification of Community-Based Forest Operations in Cameroon: An Exploratory Assessment

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-433

  Alemagi, Dieudonne ^a   Hajjar, Reem ^a   David, Serena ^a   Kozak, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Community forestry; Indigenous forest dependent communities; Market based mechanism; Policy barriers

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84870405183     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-011-9192-9     Document Type: Article

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