Conservation of biodiversity in the pacific islands of oceania: Challenges and opportunities

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 206-220

  Jupiter, Stacy ^a   Mangubhai, Sangeeta ^a   Kingsford, Richard T ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disease; Habitat loss; Invasive species; Overexploitation; Pacific Island countries and territories; Policy; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84907356853     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc140206     Document Type: Article

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