Navigating governance networks for community-based conservation

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 155-164

  Alexander, Steven M ^a,b,c   Andrachuk, Mark ^c   Armitage, Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84962205028     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1251     Document Type: Review

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