Socio-economic situation and land use conflicts in the Shirvan National Park Region, Azerbaijan

Archives of Nature Conservation and Landscape Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 101-128

  Burmester, Andrea ^a  

^a International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Economic transformation; Farming; Farming system; Land use conflicts; National park; Socio economy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; EURASIA; SHIRVAN NATIONAL PARK; WEST ASIA;

ANATIDAE; GAZELLA; GAZELLA SUBGUTTUROSA;

EID: 29144497948     PISSN: 00039306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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