Reel conservation: Can big screen animations save tropical biodiversity?

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-253

  Yong, Ding Li ^a,b   Fam, Shun Deng ^a,d   Lum, Shawn ^b,c  

^a South east Asian Biodiversity Society   (Singapore)

^b Nature Society (Singapore)   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Animations; Conservation awareness; Education; Flagships; Outreach; Tropical biodiversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053337319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400302     Document Type: Review

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