Beyond just research: Experiences from Southern Africa in developing social learning partnerships for resource conservation initiatives

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 563-570

  Shackleton, Charlie M ^a   Cundill, Georgina ^a   Knight, Andrew T ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communication gap; Knowledge gap; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; LEARNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70249098867     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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