Community-based conservation and traditional ecological knowledge: Implications for social-ecological resilience

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ruiz Mallén, Isabel ^a   Corbera, Esteve ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Biodiversity conservation; Community based conservation; Ecosystem services; Local ecological knowledge; Natural resource management; Social ecological change; Social ecological resilience; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84891888942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05867-180412     Document Type: Article

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