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June 30, 1995PachydermOpen Access

Timber, cocoa, and crop-raiding elephants: a preliminary study from southern Ghana

R. F. W. Barnes Sylvester Azika B. Asamoah-Boateng

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Abstract

Reviews the economics associated land use changes in the area initially related to logging and more recently to cocoa and other agricultural crops, which have caused disruption to elephant populations and increased human-elephant conflict in southern Ghana.

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Barnes et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f9857f44fa9f079dd0e29 https://doi.org/10.69649/pachyderm.v19i1.807

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