Putting indigenous conservation policy into practice delivers biodiversity and cultural benefits

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2889-2906

  Ens, Emilie ^a   Scott, Mitchell L ^a   Rangers, Yugul Mangi ^b   Moritz, Craig ^c   Pirzl, Rebecca ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Yugul Mangi Land and Sea Management Corporation   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural environmental management; Indigenous biocultural knowledge (IBK); Natural and cultural resource management (NCRM); Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional languages

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANGUAGE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84987657371     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-016-1207-6     Document Type: Article

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