Multi-faceted approaches to understanding changes in wildlife and livelihoods in a protected area: A conservation case study from the Central African Republic

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-255

  Jost Robinson, Carolyn A ^a   Daspit, Lesley L ^a   Remis, Melissa J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bushmeat; Central Africa; ecology; ethnography; market survey

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO BASINS; CONTEXTUALIZE; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ETHNOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MARKET SURVEYS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; PROTECTED AREAS; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

COMMERCE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

ANIMALS;

BUSHMEAT; COMMERCIALIZATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUNTING; MAMMAL; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; TRADE FLOW; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO BASIN; DZANGA-SANGHA DENSE FOREST RESERVE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79958854540     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000949     Document Type: Article

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