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Socio-economic factors influencing household dependence on forests and its implication for forest-based climate change interventionsFootnote§

Chidiebere OfoegbuForest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Paxie W ChirwaForest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Joseph FrancisInstitute for Rural Development, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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Folarannmi D BabalolaForest Science Postgraduate Programme, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa;Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Pages 109-116 | Received 21 Apr 2016, Accepted 22 Oct 2016, Published online: 02 Feb 2017

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