Assessing the effectiveness of environmental education: Mobilizing public support for Philippine crocodile conservation

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-323

  van der Ploeg, Jan ^a   Cauilan Cureg, Myrna ^b   van Weerd, Merlijn ^a   De Groot, Wouter T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Communication; Environmental education; Evidence based conservation; Philippine crocodile; Philippines.; Pride; Public awareness

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS MINDORENSIS;

EID: 80053211960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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