Forest Products, Livelihoods and Conservation

266 The rattan industry in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana particularly in the dry season, when most roads are motorabl ...

Charles Adu-Anning 267 Socio-economic characteristics of raw material production area Because the process of rattan extraction i ...

268 The rattan industry in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana Our field surveys showed that around 80% of rattan collector ...

Charles Adu-Anning 269 The production processes and techniques employed differ little within the industry. Thus, the techniques ...

270 The rattan industry in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana on their own discretion, mostly determined the prices of the ...

Charles Adu-Anning 271 Photo 2. Processed rattan goods displayed for sale (Photo by C. Adu-Anning) Photo 1. Rattan living room f ...

272 The rattan industry in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana RULES AND REGULATIONS ON RATTAN PRODUCTION Formal legislatio ...

Charles Adu-Anning 273 Lack of proper preservation facilities Poor marketing facilities No showroom for exhibition of products ...

274 The rattan industry in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana Darko, E. 1981 A survey of cane weaving in Ghana. Dissertati ...

Chapter 16 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Terry C.H. Sunderland^1 , Michael B. Balinga^1 and Mercy A. Dione^2 ...

276 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Bioko (2,017 km^2 ) and Annobon (17 km^2 ) (Figure 1). The former Spanish c ...

Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael B. Balinga and Mercy A. Dione 277 The Rio Muni territory The continental territory of Equatorial ...

278 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Species Calamus deërratus G. Mann & H. Wendl. Laccosperma secundiflorum ...

Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael B. Balinga and Mercy A. Dione 279 The majority of rattan species in Africa, particularly those of ...

280 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Raw material producers and the socio-economic context Introduction The ratt ...

Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael B. Balinga and Mercy A. Dione 281 Although some rattan products are bartered locally for traditio ...

282 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Urban-based harvesting and transformation There are around 20 to 25 rattan ...

Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael B. Balinga and Mercy A. Dione 283 The processing of rattan from raw cane to finished product is e ...

284 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Figure 2. Production-to-consumption system of the rattan trade in Rio Muni ...

Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael B. Balinga and Mercy A. Dione 285 In comparison with other forms of natural resource utilisation, ...