Socio-economic values and traditional strategies of managing wetland resources in Lower Tana River, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 527, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Terer, Taita ^a   Ndiritu, George G ^a,b   Gichuki, Nathan N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kenya; resource management; Tana River; traditional values; wetland ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FISHERIES; LAKES; NATURAL RESOURCES; RIVERS;

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

WETLANDS;

HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER;

PRIMATES; TANA;

EID: 5444266904     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000043332.96368.c5     Document Type: Review

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