Conservation Education for Advancing Natural Resources Knowledge and Building Capacity for Volunteerism

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-220

  Van Den Berg, Heather A ^a   Riley, Shawn J ^b   Dann, Shari L ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult conservation education; Public support; Stakeholders; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251591061     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920902960404     Document Type: Article

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