Ecological Knowledge Among Communities, Managers and Scientists: Bridging Divergent Perspectives to Improve Forest Management Outcomes

Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 798-813

  Rist, Lucy ^a   Shackleton, Charlie ^b   Gadamus, Lily ^c   Chapin, F Stuart ^c   Gowda, C Made ^d   Setty, Siddappa ^d   Kannan, Ramesh ^d   Shaanker, R Uma ^d,e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Research in Ecology and the Environment   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Communication; Conflict; Local knowledge; Participation; Traditional knowledge; Values

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

CONFLICT; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; PARTICIPATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VALUES;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNICATION; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; SOCIAL CONFLICT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MANAGER; SCIENTIST; TAIGA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE; PROCEDURES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84960381971     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0647-1     Document Type: Article

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