Conserving forest biodiversity in times of violent conflict

ORYX

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-152

  McNeely, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a IUCN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conflict; Forest; Peace Park; Transfrontier; War

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WAR;

EID: 31144458571     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000334     Document Type: Article

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