Awareness and perceptions of local people about wildlife hunting in western Serengeti communities

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-224

  Bitanyi, Stella ^a,d   Nesje, Marit ^a   Kusiluka, Lughano J M ^b   Chenyambuga, Sebastian W ^b   Kaltenborn, Bjørn P ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries Veterinary Investigation Centre   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Conservation; Illegal hunting; Local awareness; Perceptions; Western Serengeti

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863860497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291200500209     Document Type: Article

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