Whose Elephants? Conserving, Compensating, and Competing in Northern Botswana

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 837-851

  DeMotts, Rachel ^a   Hoon, Parakh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; conservation; elephants; human wildlife conflict; rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; ELEPHANT; NATURE CONSERVATION; RURAL SOCIETY;

BOTSWANA;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 84863995585     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.638362     Document Type: Article

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