Protected areas and poverty

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1681, 2015, Pages

  Brockington, Daniel ^a   Wilkie, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Displacement; Environmental regulation; Livelihoods; Parks; Well being

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; LIVING RESOURCE; PARK MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; PROTECTED AREA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RECREATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY;

EID: 84944089077     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0271     Document Type: Article

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