High-value natural resources: Linking wildlife conservation to international conflict, insecurity, and development concerns

Biological Conservation

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 270-277

  Douglas, Leo R ^a,b   Alie, Kelvin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephant ivory; High value natural resources; Poaching; Resource curse; Rhino horn; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; IVORY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POACHING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SECURITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; UNGULATE;

EID: 84897600604     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.031     Document Type: Review

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