Conservation and Management of Protected Areas in China and India: A Literature Review (1990–2021)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Search Strategy
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Statistics Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Overall Distribution
3.2. Collaboration
3.3. Keyword Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Country | Database | Type of Dataset | Time Period/Timespan | Search Terms | Total No. of Publications |
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India | WoSCC and Scopus | Published and research articles | 1 January 1990–31 December 2021 | National park/protected area/nature reserve/tiger reserve/wildlife sanctuary AND policy/approach/strategy/program/guideline | 1301 |
China | WoSCC and Scopus | Published and research articles | 1 January 1990–31 December 2021 | National park/protected area/nature reserve/panda reserve/wildlife sanctuary AND policy/approach/strategy/program/guideline | 1263 |
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Gao, W.; Huang, J.; Qiu, Q.; Shrestha, A.; Yuan, C.; Anand, S.; Wang, G.; Wang, G. Conservation and Management of Protected Areas in China and India: A Literature Review (1990–2021). Climate 2023, 11, 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11010022
Gao W, Huang J, Qiu Q, Shrestha A, Yuan C, Anand S, Wang G, Wang G. Conservation and Management of Protected Areas in China and India: A Literature Review (1990–2021). Climate. 2023; 11(1):22. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11010022
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Wen, Jiefan Huang, Quan Qiu, Anil Shrestha, Changyan Yuan, Subhash Anand, Guibin Wang, and Guangyu Wang. 2023. "Conservation and Management of Protected Areas in China and India: A Literature Review (1990–2021)" Climate 11, no. 1: 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11010022