Human-wildlife conflict and gender in protected area borderlands: A case study of costs, perceptions, and vulnerabilities from Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal), India

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1408-1422

  Ogra, Monica V ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Elephants; Feminist Political Ecology; Gender; Human wildlife conflict; Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal), India

Indexed keywords

COST; ECOFEMINISM; GENDER; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; VULNERABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 42649119432     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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