A tool and process that facilitate community capacity building and social learning for natural resource management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Raymond, Christopher M ^a,b   Cleary, Jen ^c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Enviroconnect Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Co management; Community capacity; Environmental management; Participatory action research

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876746280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05238-180125     Document Type: Article

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