Social-psychological principles of community-based conservation and conservancy motivation: Attaining goals within an autonomy-supportive environment

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1443-1451

  DeCaro, Daniel ^a   Stokes, Michael ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation; Community based conservation; Conservancy motivation; Incentive structure; Policy processes; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; INCENTIVE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL;

EID: 57449093205     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00996.x     Document Type: Review

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