Bars to jars: Bamboo value chains in Cameroon

Ambio

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-333

  Ingram, Verina ^a,c   Tieguhong, Julius Chupezi ^b  

^a Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Cameroon)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Cameroon; Governance; Livelihood; Sustainable; Value chain

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BAMBOO; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMID TROPICS; MONTANE FOREST; SAVANNA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TENURE SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CAMEROON; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SASA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BAMBUSA; CAMEROON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MARKETING; SASA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CAMEROON;

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA VULGARIS; OXYTENANTHERA ABYSSINICA; YUSHANIA;

EID: 84878303340     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0347-5     Document Type: Article

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