Who gains from community conservation?: Intended and unintended costs and benefits of participative approaches in Peru and Tanzania

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-144

  Haller, Tobias ^a   Galvin, Marc ^b   Meroka, Patrick ^a   Alca, Jamil ^b   Alvarez, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Cost benefit analysis; Indigenous people; New institutionalism; Participatory management; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND RIGHTS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE RESERVE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; LINDI [TANZANIA]; PERU; SELOUS GAME RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 44149112565     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496508316853     Document Type: Article

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