Linking communities with conservation in developing countries: Buffer zone management initiatives in Nepal

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 334-341

  Budhathoki, Prabhu ^a  

^a International Centre for Protected Landscape   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Buffer zone; Community based conservation; Nepal; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 31344471484     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000584     Document Type: Article

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