Conflicting attitudes towards elephants around the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 244-250

  Hill, Catherine M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Attitudes to wildlife; Conservation; Gender; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; UGANDA; WILDLIFE;

UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 0031710936     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892998000307     Document Type: Article

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