Integrating top-down with bottom-up conservation policy in Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 799-804

  Abrams, R W ^a   Anwana, Eno D ^b   Ormsby, Alison ^c   Dovie, Delali B K ^d   Ajagbe, Ademola ^e   Abrams, Amber ^f  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e Nigerian Heart Foundation   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Intervenciones extranjeras; Pobreza; Pol ticas de conservaci n; Prioridades de conservaci n

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; LAND USE; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AFRICA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 67650447979     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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