Benefits of wildlife-based land uses on private lands in Namibia and limitations affecting their development

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Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-53

  Lindsey, P A ^a   Havemann, C P ^a   Lines, R M ^b   Price, A E ^c   Retief, T A ^a   Rhebergen, T ^d   Van Der Waal, C ^e   Romanach S S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Namibia Nature Foundation   (Namibia)

^c Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in Lincoln   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Vanderwaal and Associates Agri ecological Services   (Namibia)

^f African Wildlife Conservation Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Fencing; Namibia; Private land; Transfrontier; Trophy hunting; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOTOURISM; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PRIVATE LAND; PROTECTED AREA; WILD POPULATION;

NAMIBIA;

SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 84872156734     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001049     Document Type: Article

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