Colliding understandings of biodiversity conservation in Vietnam: Global claims, national interests, and local struggles

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 733-747

  Zingerli, Claudia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Development; Environmental policy; Policy actors; Political ecology; Protected areas; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 24344507729     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920591005151     Document Type: Article

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