Open AccessConserving Biólogical Diversity in tbe Tropics: Tbe Role ofPrivate Nature Reserves in Costa Rica
Author(s) -
Patrick Herzog,
Christopher Vaughan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista de biología tropical
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2215-2075
pISSN - 0034-7744
DOI - 10.15517/rbt.v46i2.19426
Subject(s) - nature reserve , wildlife , tropics , diversity (politics) , agroforestry , geography , government (linguistics) , environmental protection , environmental resource management , ecology , political science , biology , environmental science , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , law
Conservation efforts to preserve biological diversity are often focused on the establishment of protected areas such as national parks, wildlife refuges and forest reserves (McNeely et al. 1990, WRI, mCN, UNEP 1992) under government control.