Walking in STEP: Lessons for linking spatial prioritisations to implementation strategies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 202-211

  Knight, Andrew T ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^a   Boshoff, André F ^a   Wilson, Sharon L ^a   Pierce, Shirley M ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Action plan; Conservation planning; Priority area selection; Research implementation gap; Stakeholder collaboration; Subtropical Thicket biome

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CONSERVATION PLANNING; PRIORITIZATION; SHRUB; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78751579043     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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