Participatory planning of interventions to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1577-1587

  Treves, Adrian ^a   Wallace, R B ^b   White, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Bolivia)

^c Fundación Cordillera Tropical   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Animal damage; Co management; Conservation actions; Decision support; Depredation; Feasibility criteria; Problematic animals; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70450260661     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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