Hidden harvest: Unlocking the economic potential of community-based forest management in Tanzania

Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 126-143

  Blomley, Tom ^c   Ramadhani, Hadija ^a   Mkwizu, Yassin ^b   Böhringer, Andreas ^a  

^a Kingolwira National Fish Farm   (Tanzania)

^b IUCN Tanzania office   (Tanzania)

^c NONE

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EID: 84874807750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774512     Document Type: Chapter

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