Evaluation of management effectiveness in protected areas: Methodologies and results

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Stoll Kleemann, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Management effectiveness evaluations; Programme of work of the convention on biological diversity; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955418151     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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