Outcomes, not implementation, predict conservation success

ORYX

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-342

  Kapos, Valerie ^a,b   Balmford, Andrew ^b   Aveling, Rosalind ^c   Bubb, Philip ^a   Carey, Peter ^d,h   Entwistle, Abigail ^c   Hopkins, John ^e   Mulliken, Teresa ^f   Safford, Roger ^g   Stattersfield, Alison ^g   Walpole, Matt ^a,c   Manica, Andrea ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^g BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^h Bodsey Ecology Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation effect; Conservation outcomes; Evaluation; Evidence based conservation; Indicators; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 74049144470     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990275     Document Type: Article

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