Tigers, markets and palm oil: Market potential for conservation

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Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-234

  Bateman, Ian J ^a   Fisher, Brendan ^a   Fitzherbert, Emily ^a   Glew, David ^a   Naidoo, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Environmental economics; Green markets; Palm oil; Panthera tigris sumatrae; Sumatran tiger

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FELID; HABITAT LOSS; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETABLE OIL;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS SUMATRAE;

EID: 77952512433     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990901     Document Type: Article

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