Co-management approach to marine conservation in Mohéli, Comoros Islands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1724-1732

  Granek, Elise E ^a,c   Brown, Mark A ^b,d  

^a Project Conservation de la Biodiversité   (Comoros)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community conservation; Marine park; Marine reserve

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA;

COMOROS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MOHELI;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33244493953     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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