Bees, farmers, tourists and hunters: Conflict dynamics around Western Tanzania protected areas

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2679-2703

  Hausser, Yves ^a,b   Weber, Helene ^a   Meyer, Britta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b Association for the Development of Protected Areas   (Switzerland)

^c Tanzanian NGO Friends of Katavi   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community based natural resource management; Conflicts; Decentralisation; Donor projects; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; BEE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECENTRALIZATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HUNTER-GATHERER; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

APOIDEA;

EID: 70350647165     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9667-6     Document Type: Article

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