Trade, tenure, and tradition: Influence of sociocultural factors on resource use in melanesia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1469-1477

  Cinner, Joshua E ^a,b   Marnane, Michael J ^b   McClanahan, Timothy R ^b   Clark, Tracy H ^b   Ben, John ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betel nut; Common property; Coral harvesting; Customary marine tenure; Lime production; Papua New Guinea; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; MARINE RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 28344434941     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.004307.x     Document Type: Article

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