Rethinking the Galapagos Islands as a complex social-ecological system: Implications for conservation and management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  González, José A ^a   Montes, Carlos ^a   Rodriguez, José ^b   Tapia, Washington ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^c Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Adaptive co management; Adaptive cycle; Biodiversity conservation; Galapagos Islands; Resilience; Social ecological systems; Sustainability science

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; UNESCO; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58749098457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02557-130213     Document Type: Article

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