Grasslands, people, and conservation: Over-the-horizon learning exchanges between African and American pastoralists

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 870-877

  Curtin, Charles ^a,b   Western, David ^c  

^a Ecological Policy Design   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Collaborative conservation; Grasslands; Learning networks; Maasai; Malpai Borderlands Group; Pastoralists; Ranchers; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEARNING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASTORALISM; PROTECTED AREA; RANCHING; RANGELAND;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749083641     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00945.x     Document Type: Review

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