Local attitudes on protected areas: Evidence from three Natura 2000 wetland sites in Greece

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1847-1854

  Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G ^a   Jones, Nikoleta ^a   Iosifides, Theodoros ^a   Florokapi, Ioanna ^a   Lasda, Ourania ^a   Paliouras, Foivos ^a   Evangelinos, Konstantinos I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Local population; Perceptions; Protected areas management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL POPULATIONS; NATIONAL PARKS; NATURA 2000; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREAS; RESEARCH AREAS; SOCIAL FACTOR;

WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNDING; GREECE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; THRACE;

EID: 77953621166     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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