Conservation planning as a transdisciplinary process

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 957-965

  Reyers, Belinda ^a   Roux, Dirk J ^b   Cowling, Richard M ^c   Ginsburg, Aimee E ^d   Nel, Jeanne L ^a   Farrell, Patrick O ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Prime Africa Research Consultants   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation implementation; Conservation planning; Science action gap

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND USE PLANNING; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954705907     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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