Assessing forest products usage and local residents' perception of environmental changes in peri-urban and rural mangroves of Cameroon, Central Africa

• Main Authors: Nfotabong-Atheull Adolphe (Author), Din Ndongo (Author), Essomè Koum Léopold G (Author), Satyanarayana Behara (Author), Koedam Nico (Author), Dahdouh-Guebas Farid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Deforestation is one of the most ubiquitous forms of land degradation worldwide. Although remote sensing and aerial photographs can supply valuable information on land/use cover changes, they may not regularly be available for some t...