Assessing the benefits for conservation of volunteer involvement in conservation activities

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 223, 2003, Pages 5-50

  Bell, Karen ^a  

^a Enviro Solutions New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activities; Advocacy; Conservation; Conservation Volunteer Programme; Department of Conservation; Literature search; New Zealand; Questionnaire; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0042354069     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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