Marine biodiversity and ethnobiodiversity of Bellona (Mungiki) Island, Solomon Islands

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-84

  Thaman, R R ^a   Puia, Tepaikea ^b   Tongabaea, Wilson ^b   Namona, Ashley ^a   Fong, Teddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b Chief and master fisherman ^*  (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

Bellona; Ethnobiodiversity; Indigenous knowledge; Marine biodiversity; Melanesia; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUBSISTENCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA; CETACEA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77955265764     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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