Uneven Territorialization and Sea Turtle Conservation in Neoliberal Costa Rica

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-165

  Ramírez Cover, Alonso ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biodiversity conservation; conservaci n de la biodiversidad; Costa Rica; neoliberalism; neoliberalismo; protected area; state territorialization; territorializaci n del estado; reas protegidas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946828867     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861300600110     Document Type: Article

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