Compromises between international habitat conservation guidelines and small-scale fisheries in Pacific island countries

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-57

  Hamel, Mélanie A ^a,b   Andréfouët, Serge ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CBD; Conservation planning; Conservation targets; Habitat maps; Marine protected areas; Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project; Pacific islands; Reef fisheries

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84873596366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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