Monitoring important bird areas in Africa: Towards a sustainable and scaleable system

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2575-2590

  Bennun, Leon ^a,c   Matiku, Paul ^b   Mulwa, Ronald ^c   Mwangi, Solomon ^b   Buckley, Paul ^d  

^a BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Nature Kenya   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutionalisation; Kenya; Key biodiversity area; Locally based monitoring; Participatory monitoring; Site Support Group

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MONITORING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 26844533741     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-8389-7     Document Type: Review

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