Kpogniwe Zouvewou Joël

Sacred Forests as Socio-ecological Institutions: Governance, Customary Regulation and Conservation in Central Benin, West Africa

Kpogniwe Zouvewou Joël, Assongba Yédjanlognon Faustin, Tobada Plechakov, C. Houndekpondji Spéro & Djego G. M. Julien · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2026

Sacred forests are culturally protected forest patches in which spiritual beliefs, customary rules and local institutions regulate access to natural resources. They form some of the last forest remnants of the Dahomey Gap, the natural interruption of the West African forest belt,...