The Social Dimension - Public Involvement in Seabird Island Restoration

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Towns, David R ^a   Aguirre Muñoz, Alfonso ^b   Kress, Stephen W ^c   Hodum, Peter J ^d   Burbidge, Andrew A ^e   Saunders, Alan ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Ecology and Island Conservation Group   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Juan Fernández Islands Conservancy Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge ^*  (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^f LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Direct participation; Public education; Public involvement; Restoration; Seabird island ecosystems; Stakeholder groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855490255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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