Impacts of forest-related large-scale land acquisitions in the Indian Ocean world

Journal of the Indian Ocean Region

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-226

  Corriveau Bourque, Alexandre ^a   Nelson, Ingrid L ^b   Pritchard, Matthew ^c   Stanfield, J David ^d   Unruh, Jon D ^c  

^a Rights and Resources Initiative   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Terra Institute Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; food security; forest resources; Land grab; local communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889242654     PISSN: 19480881     EISSN: 1948108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19480881.2013.847564     Document Type: Review

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