Exploring relationships between conservation and poverty reduction in wetland ecosystems: Lessons from 10 integrated wetland conservation and poverty reduction initiatives

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-340

  Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali ^a   De Silva, Sanjiv ^b   Nguyen Khoa, Sophie ^c  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Laos)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Sri Lanka)

^c CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF)   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

case studies; conservation; integrated conservation and development projects; integrated framework; poverty reduction; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79960518256     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.560034     Document Type: Article

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