Measuring performance under a landscape approach to biodiversity conservation: The case of USAID/Madagascar

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-341

  Medley, Kimberly E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive management; biodiversity hotspot; community participation; ecoregions; landscape ecology; protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993710532     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993404ps093oa     Document Type: Article

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