Conservation planning on a budget: A "resource light" method for mapping priorities at a landscape scale?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1979-2000

  Didier, Karl A ^a   Wilkie, David ^b   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^c,d   Frank, Laurence ^e,f   Georgiadis, Nicholas ^g   Graham, Max ^h   Ihwagi, Festus ^d   King, Anthony ⁱ   Cotterill, Alayne ^g   Rubenstein, Dan ^j   Woodroffe, Rosie ^k  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Laikipia Wildlife Forum   (Kenya)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cost:benefit; Expert opinion; Kenya; Laikipia; Participatory workshop; Samburu; Systematic conservation planning; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRIORITIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY; SAMBURU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67649188930     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9568-0     Document Type: Article

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