Biodiversity gains from efficient use of private sponsorship for flagship species conservation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1805, 2015, Pages

  Bennett, Joseph R ^a   Maloney, Richard ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Flagship fleet; Flagship species; Prioritization protocol; Private sponsorship; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PRIORITIZATION; PRIVATIZATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 84946866663     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2693     Document Type: Article

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