Social taboos: "Invisible" systems of local resource management and biological conservation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 584-600

  Colding, Johan ^a,b   Folke, Carl ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecosystem management; Informal institutions; Natural resource management; Resource and habitat taboos (RHTs); Sacred groves; Social taboos; Traditional societies; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LOCAL PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035071714     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0584:STISOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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