Hunting, livelihoods and declining wildlife in the Hponkanrazi wildlife sanctuary, North Myanmar

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-153

  Rao, Madhu ^a   Htun, Saw ^b   Zaw, Than ^b   Myint, Than ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Myanmar Program   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Hunting; Livelihoods; Myanmar; Species decline; Wild meat; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; LIVELIHOODS; MYANMARS; SPECIES DECLINE; WILD MEAT; WILDLIFE TRADE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; COMMERCE;

MEATS;

BUSHMEAT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXPLOITATION; HUNTING; PARK MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUBSISTENCE; TREND ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FISH MEAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; MUNTJAC; MYANMAR; PLANTING TIME; SOCIOECONOMICS; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS; MEAT; MYANMAR;

HPONKAN RAZI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; KACHIN; MYANMAR;

MOSCHIDAE;

EID: 77956191394     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9519-x     Document Type: Article

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