Letting wood Rot: A case study on local perceptions of global conservation initiatives (Boumba, Niger)

Ethnobiology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-50

  Muller, Jocelyn ^a   Guimbo, Iro Dan ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

Community based Conservation; Niger; Parks and People; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875045687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21598126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14237/ebl.1.2010.40-50     Document Type: Review

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