Economic impacts of livestock depredation by snow leopard Uncia uncia in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal Himalaya

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 322-330

  Ikeda, Naho ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herder; Kanchenjunga Conservation Area; Local resident; Park people conflict; Wildlife conservation; Yak

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SALES;

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; LIVESTOCK DEPREDATION; SNOW LEOPARD; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FELIDAE; LIVESTOCK; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; SALES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GHUNSA VALLEY; HIMALAYAS; KANGCHENJUNGA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

BOS GRUNNIENS; PANTHERA PARDUS; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 18544385939     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001778     Document Type: Article

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