The impact of armed conflict on protected-area efficacy in Central Africa

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-301

  De Merode, Emmanuel ^a   Smith, Kes Hillman ^a   Homewood, Katherine ^b   Pettifor, Richard ^a   Rowcliffe, Marcus ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Conservation biology; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HUNTING; NATURAL RESOURCE; POACHING; PROTECTED AREA; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOBIOLOGY; URBAN AREA; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEAT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK; ORIENTALE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEAT; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 38449094370     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0010     Document Type: Article

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