From scientific speculation to effective adaptive management: A case study of the role of social marketing in promoting novel restoration strategies for degraded dry lands

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Westley, Frances ^a   Holmgren, Milena ^b   Scheffer, Marten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental Sciences ^*

^c Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Climate fluctuations; Dryland restoration; Ecosystem restoration; ENSO; Herbivory control; Matorral; Mediterranean shrub land; Reforestation; Social entrepreneur; Social marketing; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

CHILE;

EID: 77958513607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03168-150306     Document Type: Article

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