Community attitudes toward three protected areas in Upper Myanmar (Burma)

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-352

  Allendorf, Teri ^a   Swe, Khaing Khaing ^b   Oo, Thida ^c   Htut, Ye ^d   Aung, Myint ^b,e   Allendorf, Keera ^f   Hayek, Lee Ann ^g   Leimgruber, Peter ^h   Wemmer, Chris ⁱ  

^a Sagaing Division ^*  (United States)

^b Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary   (Myanmar)

^c Sagaing Division   (Myanmar)

^d Sagaing Division   (Myanmar)

^e Sagaing Division   (Myanmar)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Burma; Conservation; Management; Myanmar; Park people; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BURMA; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MYANMAR; SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LOGISTICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ALAUNGDAW KATHAPA NATIONAL PARK; ASIA; CHATTHIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; CHINDWIN RIVER; EURASIA; HTAMANTHI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; MYANMAR; SAGAING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UYU RIVER;

EID: 33846891071     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906003389     Document Type: Article

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