An estimate of the costs of an effective system of protected areas in the Niger Delta - Congo Basin Forest Region

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2661-2678

  Blom, Allard ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congo Basin; Costs; Forest; Management; Niger Delta; Protected area

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FOREST; PROTECTED AREA;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO; CONGO BASIN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10344227762     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-2138-1     Document Type: Review

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