Volunteering in catchment management groups: Empowering the volunteer

Australian Geographer

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-208

  Gooch, Margaret ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community groups; Decision making; Empowerment; Integrated catchment management; Landcare; Natural resource management; Participation; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 9444290391     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0004918042000249502     Document Type: Article

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