Participatory action research and environmental learning: Implications for resilient forests and communities

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 611-627

  Ballard, Heidi L ^a   Belsky, Jill M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental learning; Forest; Local ecological knowledge; Participation; Participatory research; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960193346     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2010.505440     Document Type: Article

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