International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Attitudes and perceptions of the local people towards benefits and conflicts they get from conservation of the Bale Mountains National Park and Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni), Ethiopia

Yosef Mamo
  • Yosef Mamo
  • Department of Biology, Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 08 November 2014
  •  Accepted: 22 November 2014
  •  Published: 30 January 2015

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