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Ackerman, Frank and Heinzerling, Lisa. 2002. Pricing the priceless: Cost-benefit analysis of environmental protection. University of Pennsylvania Law Review 150:1553-1584. Author's Keywords: life
Adams, William M. 2004. Colonialism, hunting, and the invention of "poaching" in the 19th and 20th centuries. Policy Matters :50-60. ACSC Keywords: colonialism, hunting, poaching, wildlife
Alexander, Sara E. 2000. Resident attitudes towards conservation and black howler monkeys in Belize: the Community Baboon Sanctuary. Environmental Conservation 27:341-350. Author's Keywords: Belize, protected areas, resident populations, attitudes, management issues, benefits ACSC Keywords: wildlife, local people, obstacles, park
Alves, Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega and Filho, Gentil Alves Pereira. 2007. Commercialization and use of snakes in North and Northeastern Brazil: Implications for conservation and management. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:969-985. Author's Keywords: biodiversity, wildlife trade, Traditional medicine, ethnozoology, zootherapy ACSC Keywords: knowledge, trade, REPTILES, ANIMALS
Archabald, Karen and Naughton-Treves, Lisa. 2001. Tourism revenue-sharing around national parks in Western Uganda: Early efforts to identify and reward local communitites. Environmental Conservation 28:135-149. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, wildlife, ecotourism, Uganda, national parks, revenue-sharing ACSC Keywords: tourism, communities
Ashley, Caroline and Elliot, Joanna. 2003. "Just wildlife?" or a source of local development?. Overseas Development Institute 85. ACSC Keywords: development, poverty, livelihood, East Africa, wildlife management, rural development
Bajracharya, Siddhartha B., Furley, Peter A., and Newton, Adrian C. 2006. Impacts of community-based conservation on local communities in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:2765-2786. Author's Keywords: wildlife, biodiversity, conservation, Nepal, protected area, Community-based, Crop damage ACSC Keywords: management, attitudes, people, livestock depredation, TIGER RESERVE, HUMAN-NEEDS, CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK
Baral, Nabin and Heinen, Joel T. 2007. Resources use, conservation attitudes, management intervention and park-people relations in the Western Terai landscape of Nepal. Environmental Conservation 34:64-72. Author's Keywords: Nepal, biodiversity conservation, resource use, protected areas management, participatory conservation, CONSERVATION ATTITUDES ACSC Keywords: wildlife, local people, communities, programs, Tanzania, national park, reserve, behavior
Bates, Diane and Rudel, Thomas K. 2000. The political ecology of conserving tropical rain forests: A cross-national analysis. Society & Natural Resources 13:619-634. Author's Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, deforestation, tropical rainforests ACSC Keywords: deforestation, political ecology, forests, parks, WWF, Madagascar, World Wildlife Fund, counter coalitions, IUCN
Bennett, Elizabeth L. and Gumal, Melvin T. 2001. "The interrelationships of commercial logging, hunting and wildlife in Sarawak: recommendations for forest management," in The Cutting Edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest. Edited by Fimbel, R. A., Grajal, A., and Robinson, J. G., pp. 359-374. New York: Columbia University Press. ACSC Keywords: hunting, wildlife, forests, indonesia, logging, Asia, Sarawak
Bodmer, Richard E. 1994. "Managing wildlife with local communities in the Peruvian Amazon: the case of the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo," in Natural Connections: perspectives in community-based conservation. Edited by Western, D. and Wright, R. M., pp. 113-134. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. ACSC Keywords: hunting, sustainable development, peru, wildlife management
Bodmer, Richard E. and Lozano, Etersit Pezo. 2001. Rural development and sustainable wildlife use in Peru. Conservation Biology 15:1163-1170. ACSC Keywords: sustainability, peru, rural development, wildlife use
Boone, Randall B., Galvin, Kathleen A., Thornton, Philip K., Swift, David M., and Coughenour, Michael B. 2006. Cultivation and conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Human Ecology 34:809-828. Author's Keywords: wildlife, Maasai, livestock, cultivation, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, ungulates ACSC Keywords: Tanzania
Brown, David, Cobb, Steven, and Inamdar. Amar. 1999. What's special about wildlife management in forests? Concepts and models of rights-based management, with Recent Evidence From West-Central Africa.. Overseas Development Institute. ACSC Keywords: management, wildlife, conservation, africa, forests, protected areas, livelihoods, sustainable management, exclusion
Campbell, D., Lusch, DP, Smucker, TA, and Wangui, EE. 2005. Multiple methods in the study of driving forces of land use and land cover change: A case study of SE Kajiado district, Kenya. Human Ecology 33:763-794. Author's Keywords: Kenya, methodology, remote sensing, land use change, patterns and processes ACSC Keywords: political ecology, landscapes, farmers, wildlife conservation, livestock, drought, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, HERDERS, WILDEBEEST, PROSPECT
Campbell, DJ, Lusch, DP, Smucker, TA, and Wangui, EE. 2005. Multiple methods in the study of driving forces of land use and land cover change: A case study of SE Kajiado District, Kenya. HUMAN ECOLOGY 33:763-794. Author's Keywords: political ecology, Kenya, landscapes, farmers, methodology, remote sensing, land use change, wildlife conservation, livestock, drought, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, patterns and processes, HERDERS, WILDEBEEST, PROSPECT
Campbell, DJ, Lusch, DP, Smucker, TA, and Wangui, EE. 2005. Multiple methods in the study of driving forces of land use and land cover change: A case study of SE Kajiado District, Kenya. Human Ecology 33:763-794. Author's Keywords: political ecology, Kenya, landscapes, farmers, methodology, remote sensing, land use change, wildlife conservation, livestock, drought, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, patterns and processes, HERDERS, WILDEBEEST, PROSPECT
Campbell, DJ, Lusch, DP, Smucker, TA, and Wangui, EE. 2005. Multiple methods in the study of driving forces of land use and land cover change: A case study of SE Kajiado District, Kenya. Human Ecology 33:763-794. Author's Keywords: political ecology, Kenya, landscapes, farmers, methodology, remote sensing, land use change, wildlife conservation, livestock, drought, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, patterns and processes, HERDERS, WILDEBEEST, PROSPECT
Campbell, L. M. and Vainio-Mattila, A. 2003. Participatory development and community-based conservation: Opportunities missed for lessons learned?. Human Ecology 31:417-437. Author's Keywords: conservation, participatory development, theory, praxis ACSC Keywords: wildlife, natural resource management, state, politics, Costa Rica, attitudes, Nepal, future, environmental ngos, experts
Campbell, LM, Haalboom, BJ, and Trow, J. 2007. Sustainability of community-based conservation: sea turtle egg harvesting in Ostional (Costa Rica) ten years later. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 34:122-131. Author's Keywords: management, Community-based Conservation, wildlife, poverty, discourse, ecotourism, Costa Rica, attitudes, participation, biodiversity conservation, sustainable use, Growth, sea turtles, economic incentives, SQUARE WHEEL, LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII
Chatty, Dawn. 1998. Enclosures and exclusions: Wildlife conservation schemes and pastoral tribes in the Middle East. Forced Migration review :27-30. ACSC Keywords: wildlife, conservation, local, human, displacement, Arabia, Middle East, migration
Chatty, Dawn. 2001. Pastoral tribes in the Middle East and wildlife conservation schemes: The endangered species?. Nomadic Peoples 5:104. ACSC Keywords: Indigenous peoples, PASTORAL systems, WILDLIFE refuges, OMAN, SYRIA
Child, B. et. al. 2004. "Park agencies, performance and society in Southern Africa," in Parks in transition: Biodiversity, rural development and the bottom line. Edited by Child, B., pp. 125-164. London: Earthscan. ACSC Keywords: wildlife, conservation, africa, parks, protected areas, NGOs, Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Namibia, southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia
Child, Graham. 2002. "An Historical Perspective on Wildlife Conservation in Southern Africa," in . ACSC Keywords: wildlife, conservation, africa, history, southern Africa
Clarke, Laura Hurd. 2003. Overcoming ambivalence: The challenges of exploring socially charged issues. Qualitative Health Research 13:718-735. Author's Keywords: methodology, interview, life history, photographs, rapport, impression management ACSC Keywords: gender, body-image, women
Coomes, Oliver T. and Bradford L. Barham, Yoshito Takasaki. 2004. Targeting conservation - development intiatives in tropical forests: insights from analysis of rain forest use and economic reliance among Amazonian peasants. Ecological Economics 51:47-64. Author's Keywords: biodiversity, livelihood, wildlife conservation, rainforest, Nontimber forest product extraction, Asset poverty, Pacaya–Samiria, National Reserve, Peruvian Amazon
Cordeiro, N. J., Burgess, N. D., Dovie, D. B. K., Kaplin, B. A., and Marrs, R. 2007. Conservation in areas of high population density in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological Conservation 134:155-163. ACSC Keywords: management, wildlife, deforestation, hotspots, war, bushmeat, miombo woodlands, PLANT DIVERSITY, eastern tanzania
Cumming, David. 2004. "Performance of parks in a century of change," in Parks in transition: Biodiversity, rural development and the bottom line. Edited by Child, B., pp. 105-124. London: Earthscan. ACSC Keywords: wildlife, africa, parks, protected areas, landscape, southern Africa
Dickson, Barney. 2008. CITES and the livelihoods of the poor. Fauna and Flora International, Oryx 42:548-553. Author's Keywords: poverty, livelihoods, wildlife trade, CITES, Harpagophytum
Donovan, R. Z. 2001. "Tropical forest management certification and wildlife conservation," in The cutting edge: Conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest. Edited by Fimbel, R. A., Bennett, E. L., and Kremen, C., pp. 601-614. New York: Columbia University Press. ACSC Keywords: wildlife, forests, green, certification
Elliot, J. 2001. Wildlife and poverty study: Phase one report. LIvestock and Wildlife Advisory Group (LWAG). ACSC Keywords: wildlife, poverty, biodiversity, poor, africa, WWF, tourism, livelihoods, donor, DFID, Department for International Development, bushmeat
Feeny, D., Berkes, F., McCay, B. J., and Acheson, J. M. 1990. The tragedy of the commons: 22 years later. Human Ecology 18:1-19. Author's Keywords: common property, wildlife, forests, sustainable development, fisheries, co-management, grazing lands, water resources ACSC Keywords: resource management, Hardin, commons, resource use
Ferraro, P. J. 2001. Global habitat protection: Limitations of development interventions and a role for conservation performance payments. Conservation Biology 15:990-1000. Author's Keywords: wildlife, africa, Madagascar, forest, expansion
Fimbel, R. A., Bennett, E. L., and Kremen, C. 2001. "Programs to assess the impacts of timber harvesting on tropical forest wildlife and their habitat," in The cutting edge: Conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest. Edited by Fimbel, R. A., Grajal, A., and Robinson, J. G., pp. 423-446. New York: Columbia University Press. ACSC Keywords: wildlife, forests, habitat, logging
Fimbel, R. A., Grajal, A., and Robinson, J. G. 2001. "Logging and wildlife in the tropics: Impacts and options for conservation," in The Cutting Edge: Conserving wildlife in logged tropical forests. Edited by Fimbel, R. A., Bennett, E. L., and Kremen, C., pp. 667-696. New York: Columbia University Press. ACSC Keywords: wildlife, forests, tropical forests, logging
Fjeldsa, J. 2007. The relationship between biodiversity and population centres: The high Andes region as an example. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:2739-2751. Author's Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, human population, andes, ecosystem functions, endemism, species richness ACSC Keywords: wildlife, conflict, africa, hotspots, birds, diversity, people, patterns, avian species richness
Fordham, Damien A., Georges, Arthur, and Brook, Barry W. 2008. Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertegrate: managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:52-62. Author's Keywords: subsistence, wildlife utilization, Exploitation, population viability analysis, recruitment, Chelidae, density dependence, matrix model, regulation
Fusari, A. and Carpaneto, G. M. 2006. Subsistence hunting and conservation issues in the game reserve of Gile, Mozambique. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:2477-2495. Author's Keywords: subsistence hunting, Mozambique, wildlife conservation, Bushmeat trade, Zambezia
Gadd, M. E. 2005. Conservation outside of parks: attitudes of local people in Laikipia, Kenya. Environmental Conservation 32:50-63. Author's Keywords: conservation, attitudes, tourism, elephants, sustainable land use, wildlife conflict ACSC Keywords: africa, Kenya, perception, beliefs
Galvin, K. A., Thornton, P. K., de Pinho, J. R., Sunderland, J., and Boone, R. B. 2006. Integrated modeling and its potential for resolving conflicts between conservation and people in the rangelands of East Africa. Human Ecology 34:155-183. Author's Keywords: conservation, modeling, east african pastoralists, human-environment interactions ACSC Keywords: Community-based Conservation, biodiversity, political ecology, protected areas, attitudes, local people, natural-resource management, Tanzania, national-park, wildlife conservation
Gavin, Michael C. 2007. Foraging in the fallows: Hunting patterns across a successional continuum in the Peruvian Amazon. Biological Conservation 134:64-72. Author's Keywords: development, conservation, sustainable harvest, secondary forest, tropical rainforest ACSC Keywords: wildlife, peru, neotropics
Gibson, C. C. and Marks, S. A. 1995. Transforming rural hunters into conservationists: An assessment of community-based wildlife management programs in Africa. World Development 23:941-957. ACSC Keywords: accountability, parks, Zambia, luangwa valley, people, community-based wildlife programs, local hunting, conservation incentives
Glew, L and Hudson, MD. 2007. Gorillas in the midst: the impact of armed conflict on the conservation of protected areas in sub-Saharan Africa. ORYX 41:140-150. Author's Keywords: deforestation, protected areas, sub-saharan africa, armed conflict, warfare, ecological impact, resource exploitation ACSC Keywords: wildlife, war, Congo, Environmental impacts, MOUNTAIN GORILLAS, RWANDAN REFUGEES, ZAIRE
Godoy, Ricardo, Wilkie, David S., Reyes-Garcia, Victoria, Leonard, William R., Huanca, Tomas, McDade, Thomas, Vadez, Vincent, and Tanner, Susan. 2006. Human body-mass index (weight in kg/stature in meters squared) as a useful proxy to assess the relation between income and wildlife consumption in poor rural societies. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:4495-4506. Author's Keywords: wildlife, tropical forests, Bolivia, Body-mass index, Bush meat, Price elasticities, Tsimane’, Income
Halme, K. J. and Bodmer, R. E. 2007. Correspondence between scientific and traditional ecological knowledge: Rain forest classification by the non-indigenous riberenos in Peruvian Amazonia. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:1785-1801. Author's Keywords: amazonia, traditional ecological knowledge, beta-diversity, tropical rain forest, vegetation classification, wildlife habitat ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, community, peru, diversity, Vegetation, patterns, specialization, MELASTOMATACEAE, LANDSCAPE-SCALE DISTRIBUTIONS, FLORISTIC COMPOSITION, SATELLITE IMAGERY
Hardin, R. and Remis, M. J. 2006. Biological and cultural anthropology of a changing tropical forest: A fruitful collaboration across subfields. American Anthropologist 108:273-285. Author's Keywords: africa, social change, ethnography, primatology, environmental anthropology ACSC Keywords: conservation, national-park, gorilla-gorilla-gorilla, ecological anthropology, wildlife populations, central-africa, primates, impacts, decline, census
Hill, K. A. 1991. Zimbabwe wildlife conservation regime: Rural farmers and the state. Human Ecology 19:19-34. Author's Keywords: sustainable utilization, popular participation, state-society relations, wildlife conservation ACSC Keywords: comanagement, Australia, Aboriginal people
Holmern, T., Muya, J., and Roskaft, E. 2007. Local law enforcement and illegal bushmeat hunting outside the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Environmental Conservation 34:55-63. Author's Keywords: Community-based Conservation, bushmeat, Serengeti, illegal hunting, law enforcement, wildlife management areas ACSC Keywords: africa, protected areas, prey choice, integrated conservation, development-projects, Tanzania, wildlife management, Zambia, hunters, Exploitation, luangwa-valley
Holmern, T., Nyahongo, J., and Roskaft, E. 2007. Livestock loss caused by predators outside the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Biological Conservation 135:518-526. Author's Keywords: Tanzania, carnivores, lethal control, livestock depredation, spotted hyena ACSC Keywords: Kenya, development-projects, wildlife conservation, human-carnivore conflict, lions panthera-leo, dogs lycaon-pictus, prey
Igoe, J. 2002. "National parks and human ecosystems: the challenge to community conservation. A case study from Simanjiro, Tanzania," in Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples: displacement, forced settlement, and sustainable development. Edited by Chatty, D. and Colchester, M., pp. 77-96. New York: Berghahn Books. ACSC Keywords: wildlife, conservation, africa, community, Tanzania, mobile, national park