Local participation in natural resource monitoring: A characterization of approaches

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-42

  Danielsen, Finn ^a   Burgess, Neil D ^b,c   Balmford, Andrew ^b   Donald, Paul F ^d   Funder, Mikkel ^a   Jones, Julia P G ^e   Alviola, Philip ^f   Balete, Danilo S ^f   Blomley, Tom ^a   Brashares, Justin ^g   Child, Brian ^h   Enghoff, Martin ^a   Fjeldså, Jon ⁱ   Holt, Sune ^a   Hübertz, Hanne ^a   Jensen, Arne E ^a   Jensen, Per M ^j   Massao, John ^k   Mendoza, Marlynn M ^f   Ngaga, Yonika ^l   Poulsen, Michael K ^a   Rueda, Ricardo ^m   Sam, Moses ⁿ   Skielboe, Thomas ^a   Stuart Hill, Greg ^o   Topp Jørgensen, Elmer ^p   Yonten, Deki ^q   more..

^a Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau   (Philippines)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k Natural Resources and Environment Office   (Tanzania)

^l SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^m National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

ⁿ Ghana Wildlife Society   (Ghana)

^o Namibian Association of Conservancy Support Organizations   (Namibia)

^p Greenland Home Rule   (Greenland)

^q Ministry of Agriculture   (Bhutan)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Conservation; Local stakeholders; Monitoring schemes; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249111570     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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