Mekong River Fish Conservation Zones in southern Laos: Assessing effectiveness using local ecological knowledge

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 439-454

  Baird, Ian G ^a,b   Flaherty, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Global Association for People and the Environment (GAPE)   (Laos)

Author keywords

Asia; Co management; Fish sanctuaries; Marine protected areas; Small scale fisheries; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL AREAS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER RESOURCES;

CO-MANAGEMENT; FISH SANCTURIES; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

FISHERIES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE POLICY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHING; FLOW RATE; FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; LAOS; RIVER; SEASON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LAOS; RIVERS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LAOS; MEKONG RIVER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 26244439711     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-3093-7     Document Type: Article

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