Improving the conservation status of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania? The effect of joint forest management on bushmeat hunting in the Kilombero nature reserve

Conservation and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-118

  Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bushmeat hunting; compliance; displacement; governance; joint forest management; Kilombero; Tanzania; Udzungwa

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80052123284     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.83721     Document Type: Article

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