A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

Stephen T. Garnett; Neil D. Burgess; Julia E. Fa; Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares; Zsolt Molnár; Cathy Robinson; James Watson; Kerstin K. Zander; Beau J. Austin; Eduardo S. Brondízio; Neil Collier; Tom Duncan; Erle C. Ellis; Hayley M. Geyle; Micha V. Jackson; Harry Jonas; Pernilla Malmer; Ben McGowan; Amphone Sivongxay; Ian Leiper

doi:10.1038/s41893-018-0100-6

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IndigenousGeographyEnvironmental planningEnvironmental resource managementAgroforestryEcologyEnvironmental scienceBiology

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 1
Issue: 7
Pages: 369-374
Citations: 1273
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                                    Stephen T. Garnett, 
                                
                                    Neil D. Burgess, 
                                
                                    Julia E. Fa
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation. 
                            Nature Sustainability
                            , 1
                            (7)
                            , 369-374.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0100-6
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0100-6