Media Framing of Financial Mechanisms for Resolving Human–Predator Conflict in Namibia

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 440-453

  Rust, Niki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carnivore conservation; compensation; economic incentives; human wildlife conflict; trophy hunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942371286     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2015.1037027     Document Type: Article

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