Sustainability, social learning and the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve

Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-15

  McCarthy, Dan ^a   Whitelaw, Graham ^a   Jongerden, Paula ^b   Craig, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Social learning; Sustainability; World Biosphere Reserves

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; LEARNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; LONG POINT WORLD BIOSPHERE RESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 36749055697     PISSN: 07116780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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