Conservation, green/blue grabbing and accumulation by dispossession in Tanzania

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-355

  Benjaminsen, Tor A ^a   Bryceson, Ian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

accumulation by dispossession; coastal; conservation; Tanzania; wildlife

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND MARKET; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRIVATIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84860172055     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2012.667405     Document Type: Article

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