Women, human-wildlife conflict, and CBNRM: Hidden impacts and vulnerabilities in Kwandu Conservancy, Namibia

Conservation and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 232-243

  Khumalo, Kathryn Elizabeth ^a   Yung, Laurie Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

CBNRM; conservancy; gender; human wildlife conflict; Kwandu; Namibia; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948770747     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.170395     Document Type: Article

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