Identifying capacity indicators for community-based natural resource management initiatives: focus group results from conservation practitioners across Illinois

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-348

  Mountjoy, Natalie J ^a   Seekamp, Erin ^b   Davenport, Mae A ^c   Whiles, Matt R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

capacity; community based natural resource management; conservation success; focus groups; reconstructivist techniques

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892487146     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.743880     Document Type: Article

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