Resources use, conservation attitudes, management intervention and park-people relations in the Western Terai landscape of Nepal

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-72

  Baral, Nabin ^a   Heinen, Joel T ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Conservation attitudes; Nepal; Participatory conservation; Protected areas management; Resource use

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION ATTITUDES; PARTICIPATORY CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYING;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IMMIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATIONAL PARK; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ASIA; BHERI; EURASIA; MAHAKALI; NEPAL; ROYAL BARDIA NATIONAL PARK; ROYAL SUKLA PHANTA WILDLIFE RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34447525433     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892907003670     Document Type: Article

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