Environmental literacy in interpreting endangered sustainability. Case studies from Thailand and the Sudan

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-144

  Hares, Minna ^a   Eskonheimo, Anu ^a   Myllyntaus, Timo ^b   Luukkanen, Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Environmental literacy; Thailand; The Sudan

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; SAVANNA; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; THAILAND;

EID: 30344455956     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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