Production forests as a conservation tool: Effectiveness of Cameroon's land use zoning policy

Land Use Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-164

  Bruggeman, Derek ^a   Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a,b   Lambin, Eric F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate   (Belgium)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo Basin; Decentralized management; Forest conservation policy; Impact evaluation; Land use change; Logging concession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEGISLATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; ZONING POLICY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLICY ANALYSIS;

CAMEROON; CONGO BASIN;

EID: 84907346555     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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