Global large carnivore conservation and international law

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1567-1588

  Trouwborst, Arie ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convention on Biological Diversity; Convention on Migratory Species; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; International law; Large carnivores; Transboundary cooperation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; CITES; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RAMSAR CONVENTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 84931567830     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0894-8     Document Type: Review

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