The Conservation of Biodiversity in Protected Areas: Comparing the Presentation of Legal Innovations in the National and the Regional Press

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 539-555

  Castro, Paula ^a   Mouro, Carla ^a   Gouveia, Rita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

communicative genres; local press; national press; social psychology of legal innovation; social representations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FELID; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; PROTECTED AREA; PSYCHOLOGY;

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EID: 84859647699     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.606459     Document Type: Article

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