Assessing the effectiveness of protected areas: Paradoxes call for pluralism in evaluating conservation performance

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 178-182

  Caro, Tim ^a   Gardner, Toby A ^b   Stoner, Chantal ^c   Fitzherbert, Emily ^b,d   Davenport, Tim R B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Effectiveness of conservation strategies; Land use planning; Management areas; Protected areas; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; TRADE-OFF;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 57349093037     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00522.x     Document Type: Review

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