Non-timber forest products 
                        in Uganda
      Spatial tools supporting sustainable development 
             Olivier Cottray, Lera Miles and Adrian Newton
       Non-timber forest products 
                        in Uganda
      Spatial tools supporting sustainable development 
             Olivier Cottray, Lera Miles and Adrian Newton
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                                                                     Citation: Cottray, O., Miles, L., Newton, A. 2006. Non-timber forest products in Uganda. Spatial tools
                                                                     supporting sustainable development. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK.
                         This publication is an output of a          URL: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/UNEP_WCMC_bio_series/18.htm
                         research project funded by the United       A Banson production
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