Towards an Explicit Justice Framing of the Social Impacts of Conservation

Conservation and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-178

  Martin, Adrian ^a   Akol, Anne ^b   Gross Camp, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; ecosystem services; environmental justice; recognition; revenue sharing; tourism; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941206934     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.164200     Document Type: Article

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