Biological vs. social, economic and political priority-setting in conservation

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 706-711

  O'Connor, Casey ^a   Marvier, Michelle ^a   Kareiva, Peter ^a,b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation NGOs; Habitat protection; Human population growth; Megadiversity nations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 0042629351     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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