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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2002
    Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Sub-Saharan Africa

    Kissidougou in Guinea, West Africa, is characterised by so-called 'forest islands', relics - it was assumed -of original dense forest cover. It was also assumed that local cultivation practice was to blame for the destruction of the trees. However, as collaborative research led by the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Institute of Development Studies and Guinean researchers discovered, villagers had a different story to tell: that the forest islands had in fact been established over several generations as part of a process of deliberate forest management.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1984
    Algeria, Egypt, Liberia, United States of America, Germany, Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Africa

    This paper is written in fulfilment of the requirement of the Associate Regional Advisers (ARA) Programme which is run under the auspices of the Forest Industries Advisory Group (FIAG) for Africa. The objective of the Forest Industries Advisory Group is to assist African countries in promoting the growth of forest industries and their optimum contribution to economic and social development.

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