Biodiversity conservation in a changing climate: A review of threats and implications for conservation planning in myanmar

Ambio

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 789-804

  Rao, Madhu ^a   Htun, Saw ^b   Platt, Steven G ^b   Tizard, Robert ^b   Poole, Colin ^c   Myint, Than ^b   Watson, James E M ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Myanmar)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Singapore   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Economic development; Myanmar; Protected areas; Threats

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

MYANMAR;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MYANMAR; REVIEW;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MYANMAR;

EID: 84891514800     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0423-5     Document Type: Review

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