Indigenous biocultural knowledge in ecosystem science and management: Review and insight from Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-149

  Ens, Emilie J ^a   Pert, Petina ^b   Clarke, Philip A ^c   Budden, Marita ^d   Clubb, Lilian ^d   Doran, Bruce ^e   Douras, Cheryl ^d   Gaikwad, Jitendra ^f   Gott, Beth ^g,h   Leonard, Sonia ⁱ   Locke, John ^j   Packer, Joanne ^k   Turpin, Gerry ^d,l   Wason, Steve ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tropical Indigenous Ethnobotany Centre ^*  (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j AMC Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^k MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Biocultural diversity; Cross cultural ecology; Indigenous ecological knowledge; Socio ecological systems; Sustainable development; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84913593690     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.008     Document Type: Review

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