Socio-economics and wildlife conservation of a peri-urban national park in central Kenya

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 384-392

  Owino, Alfred O ^a,b   Jillo, Abdulkadir H ^c   Kenana, Moses L ^d  

^a Oikosveritas Services   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^d KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Livelihoods; Oldoinyo Sapuk; Socio economics; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PERIURBAN AREA;

KENYA;

EID: 84868375696     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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