The Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (AFLEG) and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) processes and the challenges of forest governance in African tropical timber-exporting countries

Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 299-317

  Gasana, James K ^a   Samyn, Jean Marie ^a  

^a Environment and Climate Change Group   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84905071187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774512     Document Type: Chapter

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