Education for the conservation of great apes and other wildlife in Northern Congo - The importance of nature clubs

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 454-461

  Breuer, Thomas ^a   Mavinga, Franck Barrel ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Conservation education; Gorilla; Long term studies; Wildlife club

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POACHING; PRIMATE; PROTEIN; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGO; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GORILLA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONGO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS;

CONGO;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 77950182592     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20774     Document Type: Article

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