Beyond fishermen's tales: Contributions of fishers' local ecological knowledge to fish ecology and fisheries management

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 657-675

  Silvano, Renato A M ^a   Valbo Jørgensen, John ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Brazilian coast; Ethnobiology; Fish ecology; Fisheries management; Human ecology; Mekong River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE; PLANNING METHOD;

AMAZON BASIN; ASIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 51049094622     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-008-9149-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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