A global review of incentive payments for sea turtle conservation

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-56

  Ferraro, Paul J ^a   Gjertsen, Heidi ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AQUATIC FARMS LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Concessions; Conditionality; Cost effectiveness; Incentives; Marine conservation; Payments; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67650895027     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0731.1     Document Type: Article

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