Impacts of international timber procurement policies on Central Africa's forestry sector: The case of Cameroon

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Eba'a Atyi, Richard ^a   Assembe Mvondo, Samuel ^b   Lescuyer, Guillaume ^b   Cerutti, Paolo ^b  

^a CIFOR BP 2008 ^*  (Cameroon)

^b Central Africa Regional Office   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

FLEGT; Livelihoods; Small forest managers; Sustainable forest management; Voluntary Partnership Agreement

Indexed keywords

FLEGT; FOREST MANAGERS; LIVELIHOODS; PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACTS; COSTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANAGERS; PUBLIC POLICY; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CONTRACTS; COSTS; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTRY; PARTNERSHIPS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878484942     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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