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Improving the Effectiveness of Conservation-area Personnel: Lessons from Social Research in Northern Benin, West Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

John L. Hough
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An examination of the behaviour of conservation area staff in northern Benin indicates that they are not working as effectively as they ought to be, owing to a series of interrelated physical and social conditions. This study suggests that a compensatory approach alone — improved housing, vehicles, equipment, and salaries — is unlikely to be sufficient to improve motivation, and may perversely reduce effectiveness.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1994 , pp. 231 - 235
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1994

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