Moving Towards Sustainability? An Analysis of CITES' Conservation Policies

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 240-258

  Velázquez Gomar, José Octavio ^a   Stringer, Lindsay C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CITES; Conservation; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

CITES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052252506     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.577     Document Type: Article

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