Developing a national tiger action plan for the union of Myanmar

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-39

  Lynam, Antony J ^a   Saw, Tun Khaing ^a   Khin, Maung Zaw ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Forestry   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Myanmar; Species recovery; Tigers; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

MYANMAR; SPECIES RECOVERY; TIGERS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACTION PLAN; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FELID; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES HABITAT; TIGER;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MYANMAR; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIGERS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 29544448090     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0273-9     Document Type: Review

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