Should conservationists pay more attention to corruption?

ORYX

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-256

  Smith, Robert J ^a   Walpole, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Corruption; Governance; Mitigation strategies

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

EID: 33645963952     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000608     Document Type: Review

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