Poaching is more than an enforcement problem

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 484-494

  Challender, Daniel W S ^a   MacMillan, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CITES; Community conservation; Demand reduction; Enforcement; High value wildlife; Regulation; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906984492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12082     Document Type: Article

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