Protected areas and local communities: An inevitable partnership toward successful conservation strategies?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Andrade, Gustavo S M ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based natural resource management; Compliance; Conservation; Empowerment; Participation; Protected area management; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT;

EID: 84871942973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05216-170414     Document Type: Article

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