Bridging the Gap: linking timber trade with infrastructural ...

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Suggested citation: Milledge, S.A.H. and Kaale, B.K.
(2005). Bridging the Gap - Linking timber trade with
infrastructure development in Southern Tanzania:
Baseline data before completion of the Mkapa Bridge.
TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania.
Key words: Timber trade, poverty alleviation, miombo
woodlands, Tanzania, Rufiji River, Mkapa Bridge.
ISBN: 0-9584025-9-0
Front cover photograph: Hard wood logs awaiting
collection in village, Rufiji District.
Credit: Simon Milledge/TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa
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