The general characteristics and main problems of national parks in Turkey

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5377-5385

  Erol, Seçil Yurdakul ^a   Kuvan, Yalçin ^a   Yildirim, Hasan Tezcan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecotourism; Management objectives; National park; Protected area

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355147906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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