Community attitudes toward wildlife and protected areas in Ethiopia

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 489-506

  Tessema, Mekbeb E ^a   Lilieholm, Robert J ^b   Ashenafi, Zelealem T ^a   Leader Williams, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Biodiversity; Collaborative management; Conflict; Conservation; Local communities; National parks; Pastoralism; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PASTORALISM; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESOURCE USE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 77952332715     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920903177867     Document Type: Article

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