The South African experience of conservation and social forestry outreach nurseries

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 733-749

  Botha, Jenny ^a   Witkowski, Ed T F ^a   Cock, Jacklyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decentralized nurseries; Ex situ natural resource management; Wildlife enterprises

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED NURSERIES; EX SITU NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; WILDLIFE ENTERPRISES;

CONSERVATION; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NURSERY GROUND; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; LAW; MARKETING; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL PLANNING; SOCIAL WELFARE;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; NURSERIES;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33749506561     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0184-4     Document Type: Article

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