What are the effects of nature conservation on human well-being? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  McKinnon, Madeleine C ^a,b   Cheng, Samantha H ^c,d   Dupre, Samuel ^e   Edmond, Janet ^a   Garside, Ruth ^f   Glew, Louise ^g   Holland, Margaret B ^e   Levine, Eliot ^h   Masuda, Yuta J ⁱ   Miller, Daniel C ^j   Oliveira, Isabella ^b   Revenaz, Justine ^k   Roe, Dilys ^l   Shamer, Sierra ^e   Wilkie, David ^m   Wongbusarakum, Supin ^n,o   Woodhouse, Emily ^p  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^h Mercy Corps   (United States)

ⁱ THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^k Independent Investigator and Consultant   (Canada)

^l INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^m WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^o PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Human development; Human welfare; Natural resource management; Poverty; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964969192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0058-7     Document Type: Article

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