Community perception of biodiversity conservation within protected areas in Benin

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 505-512

  Vodouhê, Fifanou G ^a   Coulibaly, Ousmane ^b   Adégbidi, Anselme ^a   Sinsin, Brice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Benin; Biodiversity conservation; Local communities; Pendjari National Park; People perception; Resource use

Indexed keywords

BENIN; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; LOCAL COMMUNITY; NATIONAL PARKS; PEOPLE PERCEPTION; RESOURCE USE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PARKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 77955924983     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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