A fine mess: Bricolaged forest governance in Cameroon

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-64

  Ingram, Verina ^a,b   Ros Tonen, Mirjam A F ^c   Dietz, Ton ^c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d African Studies Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Cameroon; Forest governance; Institutions; Livelihoods; Non timber forest products; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924908162     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.516     Document Type: Article

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