Small islands, valuable insights: Systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in the Pacific

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  McMillen, Heather L ^a   Ticktin, Tamara ^a   Friedlander, Alan ^a,b   Jupiter, Stacy D ^f   Thaman, Randolph ^c   Campbell, John ^d   Veitayaki, Joeli ^c   Giambelluca, Thomas ^a,e   Nihmei, Salesa ^f   Rupeni, Etika ^g   Apis Overhoff, Lucille ^c   Aalbersberg, William ^c   Orcherton, Dan F ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SPREP ^*

^g IUCN Locally Managed Marine Network   (United States)

^h FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Biocultural diversity; Climate; Customary; Indigenous and local ecological knowledge; Pacific Islands; Social ecological resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 84924369139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06937-190444     Document Type: Article

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