The Heartland Conservation Process: Enhancing biodiversity conservation and livelihoods through landscape-scale conservation planning in Africa

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Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-519

  Henson, Adam ^a   Williams, David ^a   Dupain, Jef ^a   Gichohi, Helen ^a   Muruthi, Philip ^a  

^a AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; African Wildlife Foundation; Biodiversity; Conservation planning; Landscape; Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEVELOPING WORLD; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 74049156266     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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