Learning for sustainability: Participatory resource management in Cambodian fishing villages

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 206-216

  Marschke, Melissa ^a   Sinclair, A John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Local resource management committees; Participation; Transformative learning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CASE STUDY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FISHING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 55249094893     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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