When conservation goes viral: The diffusion of innovative biodiversity conservation policies and practices

Conservation Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Mascia, Michael B ^a   Mills, Morena ^b,c  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity conservation; CBNRM; communal conservancies; diffusion; environmental governance; innovation; marine protected areas; wildlife conservancies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048544284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12442     Document Type: Article

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