The nature and role of experiential knowledge for environmental conservation

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Fazey, Ioan ^a   Fazey, John A ^b   Salisbury, Janet G ^c   Lindenmayer, David B ^d   Dovers, Steve ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Biotext   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based conservation; Experience; Indigenous knowledge; Tacit knowledge; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EVIDENCE-BASED CONSERVATION; EXPERIENCE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; TACIT KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33745862724     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290600275X     Document Type: Review

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