Conservation benefits of interpretation on marine wildlife tours

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-294

  Zeppel, Heather ^a   Muloin, Sue ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation actions; Education benefits; Environmental attitudes; Interpretation; Marine wildlife tours

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 46949090943     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200802187105     Document Type: Review

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