Transboundary biodiversity management: Institutions, local stakeholders, and protected areas: A case study from Mt. Elgon, Uganda And Kenya

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1304-1321

  Petursson, Jon Geir ^a   Vedeld, Paul ^a   Kaboggoza, John ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Institutions; Kenya; Local stakeholders; Mt. Elgon; Protected areas; Resource regimes; Stakeholder analyses; Transboundary conservation; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER;

KENYA; MOUNT ELGON; UGANDA;

EID: 84855577552     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2010.540310     Document Type: Article

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