Pastoralists and wildlife conservation in western China: collaborative management within protected areas on the Tibetan Plateau

Pastoralism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Foggin, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a Plateau Perspectives Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co management; Landscape conservation; Nature reserves; Tibetan herders; Western China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975266541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-7136-2-17     Document Type: Article

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