Assessing the perceived utility of wood resources in a protected area of Western Tanzania

Biological Conservation

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-189

  Holmes, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation attitude; Fuelwood; Katavi National Park; Land ownership; Resource use interest; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESOURCE USE; WOOD;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0037409316     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00272-0     Document Type: Article

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