Factors influencing the sustainability of customary dugong hunting by a remote indigenous community

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-171

  Kwan, Donna ^a,b   Marsh, Helene ^a,b   Delean, Steven ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRC Torres Strait Ltd   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dugong; Hybrid economy; Indigenous hunting; Marine mammal; Sustainability; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARKETING; MEATS; PROBABILITY;

DUGONG; HYBRID ECONOMY; INDIGENOUS HUNTING; MARINE MAMMAL; THREATENED SPECIES;

FISHERIES;

ABUNDANCE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHING; HARVESTING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUNTING; HYBRID; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; MARINE MAMMAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DUGONG; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MARKET; MEAT; MOON; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; PROBABILITY; SEASON; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

BIODIVERSITY; MARKETING; MEAT; PROBABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MABUIAG ISLAND; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS;

ASTACOIDEA; DUGONG DUGON;

EID: 33747828151     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002992     Document Type: Article

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