Mobile phone communication in effective human elephant-conflict management in Laikipia County, Kenya

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Graham, Maximilian D ^a,b   Adams, William M ^b   Kahiro, Gabriel N ^a,c  

^a Box 174 ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Zeitz Foundation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African elephant; crop raiding; human elephant conflict; Kenya; Laikipia; mobile phone technology; rural development; smallholder agriculture

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ELEPHANT; LANDHOLDING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 84857749472     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001104     Document Type: Article

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