Global localism: Recentering the research agenda for biodiversity conservation

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-161

  Medley, Kimberly E ^a   Kalibo, Humphrey W ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Eastern Arc mountains; Ethnoecology; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE;

ETHNOECOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; KENYA; MOUNT KASIGAU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250331639     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2007.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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