Targeting global conservation funding to limit immediate biodiversity declines

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 12144-12148

  Waldron, Anthony ^a,b   Mooers, Arne O ^c   Miller, Daniel C ^d   Nibbelink, Nate ^a   Redding, David ^c,e   Kuhn, Tyler S ^c   Roberts, J Timmons ^f   Gittleman, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBD; Ecological environmental policy; Foreign aid; Governance; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FUNDING; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CBD; ECOLOGICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREIGN AID; GOVERNANCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FUND RAISING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84880378578     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221370110     Document Type: Article

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