Western science and traditional knowledge: Despite their variations, different forms of knowledge can learn from each other

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 463-466

  Mazzocchi, Fulvio ^a  

^a Institute for Atmospheric Pollution of CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTEGRATION; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION GROUPS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 33745199799     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400693     Document Type: Review

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