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Challenges of Conservation and Sustainable Management of African Rosewood ( Pterocarpus erinaceus ) in West Africa

In: Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences

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  • Kossi Adjonou
  • Ouinsavi Christine
  • Rabiou Habou
  • Segla Kossi Novinyo
  • Komla Elikplim Abotsi
  • Johnson Benziwa Nathalie
  • Alaba Pyoabalo
  • Quashie Epouse Mensah Attoh Akossiwoa Marie-Luce
  • Kokutse Adzo Dzifa
  • Kokou Kouami

Abstract

Pterocarpus erinaceus is an endemic and threatened plant species in arid and semiarid zones of West Africa and is highly exploited for timber, animal feeding, and various medicinal uses. The species is currently native to the Guinean forest-savannah mosaic ecoregion and reported from Senegal to Cameroon. The values of the main characteristics of the P. erinaceus forest stands (density, average diameter, average height and average stem height) vary significantly (P

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  • Kossi Adjonou & Ouinsavi Christine & Rabiou Habou & Segla Kossi Novinyo & Komla Elikplim Abotsi & Johnson Benziwa Nathalie & Alaba Pyoabalo & Quashie Epouse Mensah Attoh Akossiwoa Marie-Luce & Kokutse, 2021. "Challenges of Conservation and Sustainable Management of African Rosewood ( Pterocarpus erinaceus ) in West Africa," Chapters, in: Edward R Rhodes & Humood Naser (ed.), Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:201091
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88796
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    Keywords

    Pterocarpus erinaceus; socioeconomic services; wood properties; uncontrolled logging; sustainable management; West Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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