The political ecology of local environmental narratives: Power, knowledge, and mountain caribou conservation

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 273-285

  Patrick Bixler, R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Environmental change; Environmental management; Local ecological knowledge; Narrative; Political ecology; Rangifer tarandus caribou

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 84895070025     PISSN: 10730451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v20i1.21749     Document Type: Article

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