Insights for integrated conservation from attitudes of people toward protected areas near hwange national park, zimbabwe

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 844-855

  Guerbois, Chloe ^a,b,c   Dufour, Anne Beatrice ^c   Mtare, Godfrey ^d,e   Fritz, Herve ^b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Main Camp research   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d ZIMBABWE PARKS AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perception; Population growth; Protected areas; Rural livelihoods; Social and cultural values; Socio ecological systems; Socio ecological traps

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARK MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREA; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL ECONOMY; TYPOLOGY; VILLAGE;

ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CRECIMIENTO POBLACIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPCIÓN; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREAS; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL LIVELIHOODS; SISTEMAS SOCIOECOLÓGICOS; SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VALUES; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIO ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIO ECOLOGICAL TRAPS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUSTENTOS RURALES; TRAMPAS SOCIOECOLÓGICAS; VALORES SOCIALES Y CULTURALES; ZIMBABWE;

ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS; CRECIMIENTO POBLACIONAL; PERCEPCIÓN; PERCEPTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTED AREAS; RURAL LIVELIHOODS; SISTEMAS SOCIOECOLÓGICOS; SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VALUES; SOCIO ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIO ECOLOGICAL TRAPS; SUSTENTOS RURALES; TRAMPAS SOCIOECOLÓGICAS; VALORES SOCIALES Y CULTURALES;

ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL VALUES; ZIMBABWE;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84880666061     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12108     Document Type: Article

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