Social learning: A knowledge and capacity building approach for adaptive co-management of contested landscapes

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 574-584

  Leys, Andrea J ^a   Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bridging organisations; Evaluation; Governance; Land use conflict; Plantation forestry; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE CONFLICT; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78751625428     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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