Designing conservation corridors in production landscapes: Assessment methods, implementation issues, and lessons learned

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lombard, Amanda T ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^a   Vlok, Jan H J ^a   Fabricius, Christo ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity processes; Conservation corridors; Conservation planning; Expert knowledge; Gouritz Initiative; Implementation; Production landscapes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANNING PROCESS; STAKEHOLDER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77958488330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03325-150307     Document Type: Article

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