Building co-management as a process: Problem solving through partnerships in Aboriginal Country, Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1130-1142

  Zurba, Melanie ^a   Ross, Helen ^b   Izurieta, Arturo ^c   Rist, Philip ^d   Bock, Ellie ^e   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Girringun Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

^e Regional Advisory and Innovation Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Capacitybuilding; Co management; Indigenous lands; Institutions; Organizational development; Partnerships; Protected areas; Social learning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CO-MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PARTNERSHIPS; PROTECTED AREAS; SOCIAL LEARNING;

DECISION MAKING;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEARNING; MARINE RESOURCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; INTEGRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ABORIGINE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLICY MAKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84866785744     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9845-2     Document Type: Article

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