Integrating indigenous ecological knowledge and customary sea tenure with marine and social science for conservation of bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) in the Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-83

  Aswani, Shankar ^a   Hamilton, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bumphead parrotfish; Conservation; Customary sea tenure; Indigenous ecological knowledge; Marine protected areas; Marine science; Social science; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MARINE ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ANTHROPOLOGY; HABITATS; LAGOONS; SEA TENURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; HABITAT QUALITY; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY; SOLOMON ISLANDS;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

BOLBOMETOPON MURICATUM; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 2442623327     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290400116X     Document Type: Article

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