In Situ Maintenance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge on Malekula Island, Vanuatu

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1115-1129

  McCarter, Joe ^a   Gavin, Michael C ^a,b  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

contextualized education; cultural revitalization; local ecological knowledge; traditional ecological knowledge; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION; HETEROGENEITY; POWER RELATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

VANUATU;

EID: 84908069208     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.905896     Document Type: Article

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