Payments for ecosystem services as a framework for community-based conservation in Northern Tanzania: Conservation practice and policy

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-85

  Nelson, Fred ^a   Foley, Charles ^b   Foley, Lara S ^b   Leposo, Abraham ^c   Loure, Edward ^c   Peterson, David ^d   Peterson, Mike ^d   Peterson, Thad ^d   Sachedina, Hassan ^e   Williams, Andrew ^f  

^a Maliasili Initiatives   (Tanzania)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

^c Ujamaa Community Resource Trust   (Tanzania)

^d Dorobo Fund for Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Tanzania Natural Resource Forum   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Migratory wildlife; Payments for ecosystem services; Savannah ecosystems; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HABITAT LOSS; LAND TENURE; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; SAVANNA;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEASON; TANZANIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 74549116498     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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