The Uunguu Monitoring and Evaluation Committee: Intercultural Governance of a Land and Sea Management Programme in the Kimberley, Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 124-133

  Austin, Beau J ^a   Vigilante, Tom ^b   Cowell, Stuart ^d   Dutton, Ian M ^e   Djanghara, Dorothy ^c   Mangolomara, Scholastica ^c   Puermora, Bernard ^c   Bundamurra, Albert ^c   Clement, Zerika ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation ^*  (Australia)

^c Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

^d Nautilus Impact Investing ^*  (Australia)

^e Nautilus Impact Investing   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation; indigenous people; Kimberley; management effectiveness; planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INNOVATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; VALUATION;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85019863870     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emr.12257     Document Type: Article

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