Motivations, training and supervision of volunteers in conservation

Environments

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-89

  Douglas, Caitlin ^a,b   Rollins, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Motivation; Supervision; Training; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; NATURE CONSERVATION; TRAINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43749115322     PISSN: 07116780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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