How national context, project design, and local community characteristics influence success in community-based conservation projects

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 21265-21270

  Brooks, Jeremy S ^a   Waylen, Kerry A ^b   Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff ^c,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation and development; Conservation evaluation; Evidence based conservation; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTERNATIONALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84871843618     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207141110     Document Type: Article

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