Hunting patterns in tropical forests adjoining the Hkakaborazi National Park, north Myanmar

ORYX

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-300

  Rao, Madhu ^a,c   Myint, Than ^b   Zaw, Than ^b   Htun, Saw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Myanmar)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Hunting; Myanmar; Wild meat; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; HKAKABORAZI NATIONAL PARK; KACHIN; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 29544440558     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000724     Document Type: Article

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