Narrative Fortresses: Crisis Narratives and Conflict in the Conservation of Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique

Conservation and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-153

  Schuetze, Christy ^a,b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community; conflict; conservation; crisis; Gorongosa National Park; land; Mozambique; narrative; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941200615     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.164193     Document Type: Review

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