The economics of wildlife farming and endangered species conservation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 461-472

  Damania, Richard ^a   Bulte, Erwin H ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bear farms; Laundering; Poaching; Preservation; Price competition; Quantity competition; Smuggling; Storage; Tiger farms; Trade ban

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ECONOMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELING; POACHING; POLICY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247624469     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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