Establishing the Canadian community monitoring network

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 409-418

  Whitelaw, Graham ^a   Vaughan, Hague ^b   Craig, Brian ^b   Atkinson, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Nature Federation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based monitoring; Ecosystem change; Influence; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING;

COMMUNITY-BASED ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RESEARCH; TIME;

ANIMALS; CANADA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0141726518     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025545813057     Document Type: Article

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