Indigenous knowledge, science, and resilience: What have we learned from a decade of international literature on "integration"?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bohensky, Erin L ^a   Maru, Yiheyis ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological; Indigenous; Integration; Knowledge; Resilience; Science; Social

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84930474389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04342-160406     Document Type: Article

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