Current status and future directions of traditional ecological knowledge in forest management: A review

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-243

  Cheveau, Marianne ^a   Imbeau, Louis ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^b   Bélanger, Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community participation; First nations; Forest management planning; Sustainable forest management; TEK; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PUBLISHING;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; FIRST NATIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; LAND USE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

DATA BASES; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING;

EID: 65649118872     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc84231-2     Document Type: Article

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