Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "van Weerd, M."
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A longitudinal evaluation of the Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) campaign for the Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis in northern Luzon, Philippines
(2016)Type: Book ChapterThe Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis is Critically Endangered and its range is restricted to a few localities in human-dominated landscapes. Therefore, the survival of this species in the wild depends strongly ... -
Establishing freshwater protected areas to protect biodiversity and improve food security in the Philippines
(2017)Type: Book ChapterThis paper describes the efforts to establish a network of community-conserved areas in the municipality of San Mariano on Luzon, with the dual aim to protect the Philippine crocodile and to improve inland fisheries. The ... -
Recognising land rights for conservation? tenure reforms in the Northern Sierra Madre, The Philippines
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleThe legalisation of the customary land rights of rural communities is currently actively promoted as a strategy for conserving biodiversity. There is, however, little empirical information on the conservation outcomes of ... -
Rhinella Marina. Predation by a Philippine crocodile
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleRHINELLA MIRANDARIBEIROI. PREDATION. Rhinalla mirandaribeiroi is a medium-sized bufonid belonging to the R. granulosa group found in the Cerrado Biome and in Cerrado enclaves in the Amazon. Here, we report predation of R. ... -
Successes and failures of crocodile conservation strategies in the Asia Pacific
(2016)Type: Book ChapterIn this chapter, the authors examine whether the leather trade or other economic uses of crocodiles really are key to conserving the threatened crocodilians in the Asia Pacific region. They review six species of crocodile ...
