Scenarios for community-based approaches to biodiversity conservation: A case study from the Wet Tropics, Queensland, Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-306

  Pert, Petina L ^a   Hill, Rosemary ^a,b   Williams, Kristen J ^a   Harding, Elaine K ^c   O'Malley, Tony ^d   Grace, Rowena A ^d   Dale, Allan P ^d   Bohnet, Iris ^a   Butler, James R L A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Environmental Consultant ^*  (Australia)

^d Terrain Regional NRM Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

CBNRM; Conservation planning; Land use; Mission Beach; Participatory scenario development; Regional planning; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPACITY BUILDING; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGIONAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77955615620     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2010.498037     Document Type: Article

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