Participatory mapping with indigenous communities for conservation: Challenges and lessons from suriname

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-22

  Ramirez Gomez, Sara O I ^a   Brown, Greg ^b   Fat, Annette Tjon Sie ^c  

^a Conservation International Suriname ^*  (Suriname)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Independent Consultant   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Conservation; Indigenous; Participatory GIS; PGIS; Trio; Wayana.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882243530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2013.tb00409.x     Document Type: Article

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