Estimating management costs of protected areas: A novel approach from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

Biological Conservation

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-14

  Green, Jonathan M H ^a   Burgess, Neil D ^b,c   Green, Rhys E ^a,d   Madoffe, Seif S ^e   Munishi, Pantaleo K T ^e   Nashanda, Evarist ^f   Kerry Turner, R ^g   Balmford, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Conservation Science Programme ^*  (United States)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^f Kingolwira National Fish Farm   (Tanzania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Eastern Arc Mountains; Management costs; Population pressure; Protected areas; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROTECTED AREA;

EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84860220770     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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