Using perceptions as evidence to improve conservation and environmental management

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 582-592

  Bennett, Nathan James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conservation social science; Environmental governance; Environmental social science; Evidence based conservation; Monitoring and evaluation; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84960192496     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12681     Document Type: Review

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