The Potential for Double-Loop Learning to Enable Landscape Conservation Efforts

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 782-794

  Petersen, Brian ^a   Montambault, Jensen ^b   Koopman, Marni ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c GEOS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Double loop learning; Institutional change; Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; DOUBLE-LOOP LEARNING; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION; LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORKSHOP; CARIBBEAN; COOPERATION; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 84919345045     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0337-4     Document Type: Article

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