Community conservation: Practitioners' answer to critics

ORYX

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 376-385

  Horwich, Robert H ^a   Lyon, Jonathan ^b  

^a Community Conservation ^*  (United States)

^b MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Community conservation; Community based conservation; ICDP; Integrated conservation and development projects

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABILITY;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 35349027409     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001010     Document Type: Article

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