Successes and Challenges in East African Conservation Education

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 25-39

  Johnson Pynn, Julie S ^a   Johnson, Laura R ^b  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation education; East Africa; Personal and social development; Service learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744378855     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.36.2.25-39     Document Type: Article

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