Reshaping conservation: The social dynamics of participatory monitoring in Tanzania's community-managed forests

Conservation and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 218-232

  Funder, Mikkel ^a   Danielsen, Finn ^b   Ngaga, Yonika ^c   Nielsen, Martin R ^d   Poulsen, Michael K ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b Nordisk Fond for Miljø og Udvikling   (Denmark)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

forest management; incentives; monitoring; participation; protected area management; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887437714     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.121011     Document Type: Article

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