Framing biodiversity conservation for decision makers: Insights from four South African municipalities

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-80

  Wilhelm Rechmann, Angelika ^a   Cowling, Richard Mark ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Audience research; Communication; Implementation; Land use planning; Social marketing; Sustainability; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959534909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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