Linking protected area conservation with poverty alleviation in Uganda: Integrated conservation and development at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

National Parks: Sustainable Development, Conservation Strategies and Environmental Impacts

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-103

  Baker, J ^a   Bitariho, R ^b   Gordon Maclean, A ^c   Kasoma, P ^d   Roe, D ^c   Sheil, D ^b   Twinamatsiko, M ^b   Tumushabe, G ^e   van Heist, M ^b   Weiland, M ^f  

^a BALFOUR BEATTY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC)   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

^e Research Associate Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment   (Uganda)

^f People and Conservation   (Uganda)

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