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Landowner Surveys Inform Protected Area Management: A Case Study from Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands

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Acknowledgements

Most of the data used in this paper were collected by TDA pioneer Mary Bea, followed by TDA rangers Mamu Bero, James Ebokolo, William Kodo Suka, Adam Kevu, Jonathon Hobete, Moses Bulekola, Timo Are, Kennedy Soapi, Hanakolo Suka, Meloty Sasa and Roy Famo under the supervision of the authors and Dave Argument, Matthew Suka, Mike D’Antonio and Anthony Plummer. The role of the TDA Executive Committee in mandating TDA staff to manage resource extraction and enforce Tetepare’s protected area regulations is also acknowledged. During the monitoring period TDA’s resource monitoring and management program received financial or logistical support from the European Union, NZAid, VASS, WWF and SICCP.

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  1. Tetepare Descendants’ Association, PO Box Munda, Munda, Solomon Islands

    Katherine E. Moseby, John P. Labere & John L. Read

  2. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

    Katherine E. Moseby & John L. Read

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Moseby, K.E., Labere, J.P. & Read, J.L. Landowner Surveys Inform Protected Area Management: A Case Study from Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands. Hum Ecol 40, 227–235 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9460-0

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