Expert and Generalist Local Knowledge about Land-cover Change on South Africa's Wild Coast: Can Local Ecological Knowledge Add Value to Science?
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) can shed light on ecosystem change, especially in under-researched areas such as South Africa's Wild Coast. However, for ecosystem planning purposes, it is necessary to assess the accuracy and validity of LEK, and determine where such knowledge is situated in a...
Main Authors: | Nigel Chalmers, Christo Fabricius |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2007-06-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art10/ |
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