This study assessed the abundance of and access to tree species (Ozigo, Dacryodes buettneri; and Abam, Gambeya lacourtiana) that yield edible fruits to villagers and timber to the logging industry in and around a logging concession in Gabon. Participatory mapping combining GPS coordinates and int...
Taedoumg, H.
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Maukonen, P.
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Mikolo Yobo, C.
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Midoko Iponga, D.
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Noutcheu, R.
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Chupezi Tieguhong, J.
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Snook, L.
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[Safeguarding villagers’ access to foods from timber trees: Insights for policy from an inhabited logging concession in Gabon]
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Safeguarding villagers’ access to foods from timber trees: Insights for policy from an inhabited logging concession in Gabon
NTFP are often presented as bringing a major contribution to rural livelihoods in terms of food and cash, and this particularly for rural communities. Few data are available in Gabon to confirm this common assertion. An annual monitoring of 127 households was conducted in 14 villages around two t...
Midoko Iponga, D.
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Mikolo-Yobo, C.
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Lescuyer, G.
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Mba Assoumou, F.
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Levang, P.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Ngoye, A.
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[Evaluation of the contribution of NTFPs gathering: to rural people’s livelihoods around two timber concessions in Gabon]
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Evaluation of the contribution of NTFPs gathering: to rural people’s livelihoods around two timber concessions in Gabon
Background:
The trees and non-timber forest products (NTFPs) of the Congo Basin play a key role in alleviating food insecurity among millions of people around the world. Although many studies have been conducted both nationally and regionally on issues of food insecurity in the Congo Basin, litt...
Donn, P.
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Ngondi, J.L.
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Chupezi Tieguhong, J.
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Midoko Iponga, D.
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Tchingsabe, O.
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Fungo, R.
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Tchatat, M.
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Kahindo, J.M.
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[Poverty and poor education are key determinants of high household food insecurity among populations adjoining forest concessions in the Congo Basin]
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Poverty and poor education are key determinants of high household food insecurity among populations adjoining forest concessions in the Congo Basin