Conservation in tropical Pacific Island countries: Why most current approaches are failing

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 256-265

  Keppel, Gunnar ^a   Morrison, Clare ^b   Watling, Dick ^c   Tuiwawa, Marika V ^d   Rounds, Isaac A ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NatureFiji MareqetiViti   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^e Pacific Islands Programme ^*  (Fiji)

Author keywords

Community participation; Conservation implementation and planning; Developing nations; Funding; Oceania; Sociocultural systems; Sustainable tourism development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864854234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00243.x     Document Type: Review

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