Financial costs and shortfalls of managing and expanding protected-area systems in developing countries

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1119-1126

  Bruner, Aaron G ^a   Gullison, Raymond E ^b   Balmford, Andrew ^c  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Effectiveness; Financing; Funding shortfall; Protected area

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144223843     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1119:FCASOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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