Perceptions of Australian Marine protected area managers regarding the role, importance, and achievability of adaptation for managing the risks of climate change

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Cvitanovic, Christopher ^a,b   Marshall, Nadine A ^a   Wilson, Shaun K ^c,d   Dobbs, Kirstin ^e   Hobday, Alistair J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Parks and Wildlife ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Decision making; Knowledge exchange; Knowledge transfer; Science impact; Science integration; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MARINE PARK; PERCEPTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84924407121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07019-190433     Document Type: Article

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