Exploring the relationship between local support and the success of protected areas

Conservation and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-82

  Holmes, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; conservation; Dominican Republic; local support; opposition; protected area; reserve; resistance; social impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877146130     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.110940     Document Type: Article

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