The role of forest resources in income inequality in Cameroon

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 271-285

  Makoudjou, Adeline ^a,b   Levang, Patrice ^b,c   Chupezi Tieguhong, Julius ^d  

^a Planning and Regional Development   (Cameroon)

^b Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Cameroon)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

dependence; forest; gathering; hunting; illegal logging; Income; inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014727785     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2017.1297258     Document Type: Article

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