Poaching Risks in Community-Based Natural Resource Management

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-186

  Kahler, Jessica S ^a   Roloff, Gary J ^a   Gore, Meredith L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservancies; Conservation criminology; Enforcement; GIS; Human wildlife conflict; Local knowledge; Participatory mapping; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POACHING; RISK FACTOR; RISK PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAPRIVI; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84872273944     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01960.x     Document Type: Article

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