Sustainable biodiversity conservation in the Niger Delta: A practical approach to conservation site selection

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1247-1257

  Phil Eze, P O ^a   Okoro, I C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Shell Petroleum Development Company   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation site selection; Interactive community forum; Niger delta; Protected area; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; SITE SELECTION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67349200278     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9451-z     Document Type: Article

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