Report: Continuing science education for environmental journalists and science writers: in situ with the experts

Science Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 300-310

  Valenti, Joann M ^a,c   Tavana, Gaugau ^a,b  

^a National Tropical Botanical Garden ^*

^b NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c AAAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Environmental journalism; Ethnobotany; Hawaii; Science writing; Tropical botany

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144436732     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547005282474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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