Elusive meanings: Decentralization, conservation and local democracy

Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 56-78

  Diaw, Mariteuw Chimère ^a  

^a African Model Forest Network Secretariat   (Cameroon)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849774512     Document Type: Chapter

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