Decentralization of federal forestry systems in ghana

The Politics of Decentralization: Forests, People and Power

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 196-211

  Sasu, Oppon ^a  

^a Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission   (Ghana)

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EID: 84925707606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773218     Document Type: Chapter

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