Protected areas: The weakness of calls for strict protection

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Berghöfer, Augustin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation strategies; Law enforcement; Protected area management; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952977636     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.19.1.3     Document Type: Article

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