Towards an Indigenous Ecosystem Services Valuation Framework: A North Australian Example

Conservation and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 255-269

  Sangha, Kamaljit Kaur ^a,b   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE AND NATURAL HAZARDS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Indigenous capabilities; Indigenous wellbeing; Northern Australia; Savanna ecosystems; Socio cultural services; Value of Ecosystem Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030479409     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/cs.cs_16_156     Document Type: Article

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