Property rights and natural resource conservation. A bio-economic model with numerical illustrations from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-488

  Johannesen, Anne Borge ^a   Skonhoft, Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

bio economics; property rights; Serengeti; wildlife

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; HARVESTING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4043164252     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000036774.15204.49     Document Type: Article

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