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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work would not have been possible without the assistance and encouragement of
a great many individuals and institutions. The greatest share of gratitude must go to
John Dransfield of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Phil Burnham of the
Department of Anthropology at University College, London. Dr Dransfield initially
identified the need for this study and helped develop the work into a coherent (and
fundable) research programme. His encouragement and inspiration during the course
of this research has been fantastic. Prof. Burnham provided a great deal of assistance
and guidance throughout the course of this study and encouraged me to extend my
research beyond my formal botanical training to make this study as multi-disciplinary
as I hope it is. Barrie Goldsmith, also of UCL, provided useful guidance and
comments.
A great many collaborators provided a huge amount of support and encouragement for
this study, often beyond the call of professional duty. In Cameroon I would
particularly like to thank: James Culverwell and Zachary Akum formerly of the Korup
Project, Nouhou Ndam, Joseph Nkefor and Paul Blackmore of the Limbe Botanic
Garden, Bahiru Daguma, Tony Simons and Zach Tchoundjeu of ICRAF, Nicodeme
Tchamou of CARPE, David Mbah of MINREST, Johnson Jato and Augustine
Njiamnshi of BDCP, Guillaume Akogo Mvogo of the Campo Ma’an Project, Raphael
Ebot of MINEF Manyu Division, Henry Njalla Quan and Richard Grey of CDC, Steve
Gartlan of WWF, Anacletus Koufani, Benoit Sabatier and his successor Georges
Achoundong of the National Herbarium, Louis Defo of APFT and all the staff of
MINEF and MINREST who have helped with the provision of research permits,
phytosanitary certificates and other formal documentation over the years. In
Equatorial Guinea, particular thanks go to Frank Stenmanns, formerly of the CUREF
Project, for enabling and funding me to undertake my study there and to Crisantos
Obama who has proved to be an enthusiastic long-term collaborator. In Nigeria,
thanks to Maurice Iwu of BDCP and Tunde Morakinyo, formerly of Living Earth for
invaluable advice, support and encouragement during field work there. In Ghana,
Andrew Oteng-Amoako of FORIG provided logistical support and research
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