Current trends in conservation education in Japan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1950-1957

  Kobori, Hiromi ^a  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural wetland; Butterfly biotope; Community based education; Dragonfly pond; Restoration; Satoyama

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTOPE; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PADDY FIELD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 67949091101     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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