Digital technology and human development: A charter for nature conservation

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 527-537

  Maffey, Georgina ^a   Homans, Hilary ^a   Banks, Ken ^b   Arts, Koen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Wageningen University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Charter of best practice; Developing world; Information Age; Innovation; Mobile phone; Nature conservation

Indexed keywords

AGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIGITIZATION; INFORMATION; INNOVATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNET; INVENTION; PROCEDURES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET; INVENTIONS;

EID: 84945271610     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0703-3     Document Type: Article

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