Wildlife harvesting, conservation and poverty: The economics of olive ridley egg exploitation

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 375-384

  Hope, Robert Adrian ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural resource management; Olive ridley; Rural development; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING;

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EGG; HARVESTING; NATURE CONSERVATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; TURTLE; WILDLIFE;

COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; MILETINAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036762278     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892902000255     Document Type: Article

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