Towards meaningful community-based ecological monitoring in Nova Scotia: Where are we versus where we would like to be

Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Conrad, Catherine ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Community based ecological monitoring; Decision making

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 34247855849     PISSN: 07116780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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