Toward a new understanding of the links between poverty and illegal wildlife hunting

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-22

  Duffy, Rosaleen ^a   St John, Freya A V ^b   Büscher, Bram ^c   Brockington, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ivory; Poaching; Rhino horn; Rural development; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; IVORY; POACHING; POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; POVERTY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 84954395810     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12622     Document Type: Review

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