About the Authors

Paul Richards

paul.richards@wur.nl

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Njala University Campus, Njala, Sierra Leone

Joseph Amara

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Njala University Campus, Njala, Sierra Leone

Mariane C. Ferme

Affiliation Anthropology Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Prince Kamara

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Njala University Campus, Njala, Sierra Leone

Esther Mokuwa

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Njala University Campus, Njala, Sierra Leone

Amara Idara Sheriff

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Njala University Campus, Njala, Sierra Leone

Roland Suluku

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University, Njala University Campus, Njala, Sierra Leone

Maarten Voors

Affiliations Development Economics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: PR JA MCF PK EM AIS RS MV. Wrote the paper: PR JA MCF PK EM AIS RS MV.