Conservation and aid: Designing more effective investments in natural resource governance reform

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1102-1108

  Nelson, Fred ^a  

^a Maliasili Initiatives   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Conservation funding; Development aid; Governance; Institutional reform; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INVESTMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; REFORM PROCESS; RESOURCE USE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVESTMENT; ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INVESTMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349196039     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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