From beans to breams: How participatory workshops can contribute to marine conservation planning

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-487

  Wheeler, M ^a,b   Chambers, F M J ^c   Sims Castley, R ^a   Cowling, R M ^a   Schoeman, D S ^a,c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Marine conservation planning; Participatory mapping and scoring methods; Sparidae; Workshops

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FISH; MARINE APPLICATIONS;

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCIFORM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

SPARIDAE;

EID: 58149467902     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2008.30.3.3.637     Document Type: Article

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