"Biodiversity Offsetting" in Uganda's Protected Areas: A Pathway to Restoration of Forest Biodiversity?
With limited national financing for conservation, there is an increasing interest in using biodiversity offset funds to strengthen protected area management. Offsetting measures can potentially be used in the restoration of degraded protected areas. However, there are concerns related to the uncerta...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 73; no. 6; pp. 1134 - 1150 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2024
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