Perception and attitudes of local communities towards wild elephant-related problems and conservation in Xishuangbanna, Southwestern China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 629-636

  He, Qingcheng ^a   Wu, Zhaolu ^a   Zhou, Wai ^a   Dong, Rui ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bureau of Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Human elephant conflict (HEC); Local community; Participatory rural appraisal (PRA); Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ELEPHANT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; PERCEPTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 84863677131     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-011-0499-4     Document Type: Article

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