Effects of a participatory bird census project on knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of coffee farmers in Colombia

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 199-223

  Lentijo, Gloria M ^a,b   Hostetler, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Cenicafé National Coffee Research Center   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Bird conservation; Environmental education; Participatory process; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CENSUS; CERTIFICATION; COFFEE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; LITERACY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

COLOMBIA;

AVES;

EID: 84871353561     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-012-9383-3     Document Type: Article

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