Finding space for wildlife beyond national parks and reducing conflict through community-based conservation: The Kenya experience

Parks

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-62

  Western, David ^a   Waithaka, John ^b   Kamanga, John ^c  

^a AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE   (Kenya)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c South Rift Association of Land Owners   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Human wildlife conflict; Kenya; Protected areas policy and practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028547480     PISSN: 0960233X     EISSN: 24112119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2014.PARKS-21-1DW.en     Document Type: Article

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