Rangeland governance in an open system: Protecting transhumance corridors in the Far North Province of Cameroon

Pastoralism

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Moritz, Mark ^a   Larisa Catherine, Bebisse ^b   Drent, Albert K ^c   Kari, Saïdou ^d   Mouhaman, Arabi ^b   Scholte, Paul ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAROUA   (Cameroon)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Center for Support to Research and Pastoralism (CARPA)   (Cameroon)

^e Nieuwe Teertuinen 12C   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common pool resources; Non governmental organisations; Pastoral systems; Rangeland governance; Transhumance corridors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975230612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-7136-3-26     Document Type: Review

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