Natural resource management in national parks: A management assessment of a Natura 2000 wetlands site in Kotychi-Strofylia, southern Greece

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-165

  Ganatsas, Petros ^a   Tsakaldimi, Marianthi ^a   Katsaros, Dimitrios ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WESTERN GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

indicators; management effectiveness; Natura 2000; nature conservation; protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RAMSAR CONVENTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

GREECE;

EID: 84877577882     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2012.761657     Document Type: Article

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