Friends with money: Private support for a national park in the US Virgin Islands

Conservation and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-533

  Fortwangler, Crystal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Philanthropy; Privatisation; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954123211     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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