An economic assessment of wildlife farming and conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1222-1233

  Bulte, Erwin H ^a   Damania, Richard ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Poaching; Rhinoceros conservation; Rhinoceros dehorning; Wildlife ranching; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POACHING; POLICY MAKING; RANCHING;

RHINOCEROS;

EID: 27944468157     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.003413.x     Document Type: Article

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