What happens at the gap between knowledge and practice? Spaces of encounter and misencounter between environmental scientists and local people

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Toomey, Anne H ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encounter; Impact agenda; Knowing doing gap; Knowledge exchange; Research action

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROTECTED AREA;

BOLIVIA; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; MADIDI NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84976532458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08409-210228     Document Type: Article

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