Expenditure by conservation nongovernmental organizations in sub-Saharan Africa

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-113

  Brockington, Dan ^a   Scholfield, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation expenditure; NGOs; Protected areas; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954100201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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