Knowledge co-production and boundary work to promote implementation of conservation plans

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 176-188

  Nel, Jeanne L ^a,b   Roux, Dirk J ^b,c   Driver, Amanda ^d   Hill, Liesl ^a   Maherry, Ashton C ^a   Snaddon, Kate ^e   Petersen, Chantel R ^a   Smith Adao, Lindie B ^a   Van Deventer, Heidi ^a   Reyers, Belinda ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b NMMU   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e Freshwater Consulting Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bridging organization; FEPA; Freshwater conservation planning; Integrated water resource management; Knowledge exchange; Participatory mapping

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FRESHWATER; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SPATIAL DATA; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA; WETLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SOUTH AFRICA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84954403543     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12560     Document Type: Article

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