A political-ecology approach to wildlife conservation in Kenya

Environmental Values

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-347

  Akama, John S ^a   Lant, Christopher L ^b   Burnett, G Wesley ^c  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; National park; Political ecology; Underdevelopment; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATION CONSTRAINT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; POLITICAL ECOLOGY; POLITICAL-ECOLOGY APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERDEVELOPMENT; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

KENYA;

EID: 0030427220     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327196776679276     Document Type: Article

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