The potential role of safari hunting as a source of revenue for protected areas in the Congo Basin

ORYX

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 340-345

  Wilkie, David S ^a   Carpenter, Julia F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo; Conservation; Protected areas; Safari hunting; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HUNTING; PROTECTED AREA;

(CENTRAL); AFRICA;

EID: 0032750862     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1999.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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