A Microsite Analysis of Resource Use Around Kaziranga National Park, India
@article{Shrivastava2007AMA, title={A Microsite Analysis of Resource Use Around Kaziranga National Park, India}, author={Rahul Shrivastava and Joel T. Heinen}, journal={The Journal of Environment \& Development}, year={2007}, volume={16}, pages={207 - 226} }
We used a semistructured social survey of 590 households in 37 villages along the southern boundary of Kaziranga National Park and World Heritage Site, Assam, India in late 2000 and early 2001 to assess resource use and demographic and socioeconomic conditions. Kaziranga, recently expanded in size in a region with a large and diverse human population, is globally important for the conservation of several critically endangered species. This was the first in-depth study of its kind in Kaziranga…
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