Human resettlement and tiger conservation - Socio-economic assessment of pastoralists reveals a rare conservation opportunity in a human-dominated landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-175

  Harihar, Abishek ^a,b   Ghosh Harihar, Mousumi ^b   MacMillan, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Compensation; Human resettlement; Livelihood; Livestock depredation; Tigers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PASTORALISM; PRIORITIZATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

TARAI;

EID: 84889667123     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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