Avoiding the mistakes of the past: Towards a community oriented management strategy for the proposed National Park in Abuja-Nigeria

Land Use Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-100

  Gbadegesin, Adeniyi ^a   Ayileka, Olatubosun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Capital Devmt Authority   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abuja; Co ordinated resource management; Community local participation; Conservation; Nigeria; Park management

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARK MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0034176911     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(00)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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