Crossing boundaries for environmental science and management: Combining interdisciplinary, interorganizational and international collaboration

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-431

  Perz, Stephen G ^a   Brilhante, Silvia ^b   Brown, I Foster ^c   Michaelsen, Andrea Chavez ^d   Mendoza, Elsa ^e   Passos, Veronica ^f   Pinedo, Raul ^g   Reyes, Juan Fernando ^h   Rojas, Daniel ⁱ   Selaya, Galia ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOS Amazonia   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AMAZÓNICA DE MADRE DE DIOS   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^g Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo   (Peru)

^h Herencia   (Bolivia)

ⁱ Universidad Amazónia de Pando   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amazon; collaboration; conservation; environmental management; interdisciplinarity; networks

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

AMAZON; COLLABORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; NETWORK ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 79951770296     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000810     Document Type: Article

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