Customary management as precautionary and adaptive principles for protecting coral reefs in Oceania

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1009-1021

  Aswani, S ^a   Albert, S ^b   Sabetian, A ^c   Furusawa, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indigenous ecological knowledge; Marine Protected Areas; Oceania; Precautionary and adaptive management; Sea tenure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 35748943720     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0277-z     Document Type: Article

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