Developing collaborative marine turtle monitoring in the Kimberley region of northern Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 163-176

  Jackson, Micha V ^a   Kennett, Rod ^b   Bayliss, Peter ^c   Warren, Robert ^d   Waina, Neil ^d   Adams, Jason ^d   Cheinmora, Leonie ^d   Vigilante, Tom ^e   Jungine, Edmund ^f   Woolagoodja, Kirk ^f   Woolagoodja, Francis ^f   Umbagai, Jermaine ^f   Holmes, Jarrad ^f   Weisenberger, Frank ^g  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Inst Aboriginal T   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

^e WGAC ^*  (Australia)

^f Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

^g Kimberley Land Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boat based marine wildlife survey; Community based planning; I Tracker; Indigenous land and sea management; Marine turtle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; TRACKING; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 84941618524     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emr.12184     Document Type: Article

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