International funding agencies: Potential leaders of impact evaluation in protected areas?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1681, 2015, Pages

  Craigie, Ian D ^a   Barnes, Megan D ^b   Geldmann, Jonas ^c   Woodley, Stephen ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Woodley and Associates and World Commission on Protected Areas   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Costs; GEF; Monitoring; Parks; World Bank

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINANCIAL PROVISION; KNOWLEDGE; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; STAKEHOLDER; WORLD BANK;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84944096746     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0283     Document Type: Article

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