Indigenous knowledge in environmental assessment

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 278-291

  Stevenson, Marc G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aboriginal people; environmental impact assessment; indigenous knowledge; participatory action research; traditional ecological knowledge; traditional knowledge; valued ecosystem components; Western scientific knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030457795     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1203     Document Type: Review

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