Looking beyond protected area networks: A paradigm shift in approach for biodiversity conservation

International Forestry Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-314

  Mathur, P K ^a   Sinha, P R ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Landscape approach; Matrix; Protected areas; Tegional planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PARADIGM SHIFT; PROTECTED AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67649232444     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.10.2.305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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