Prospects for whale shark conservation in Eastern Indonesia through bajo traditional ecological knowledge and community-based monitoring

Conservation and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-75

  Stacey, Natasha E ^a   Karam, Johanna ^a   Meekan, Mark G ^b   Pickering, Samuel ^a   Ninef, Jotham ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Universitas Nusa Cendana   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bajo; conservation; Indonesia; monitoring; traditional ecological knowledge; whale shark

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON TYPUS; RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 84856595278     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.92197     Document Type: Article

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