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Tropical biologists, local people and conservation: new opportunities for collaboration

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Title Tropical biologists, local people and conservation: new opportunities for collaboration
 
Creator Sheil, Douglas
Lawrence, A.
 
Subject taxonomy
biodiversity
conservation
biologists
local people
collaboration
 
Description Tropical biologists need help. Examples show that local people can be trained to be effective parataxonomists, greatly assisting efforts to document and assess tropical biodiversity. Local collaborations also offer promising ways with which to improve natural resource management and conservation. However, for several reasons, most biologists remain slow to approve and implement these approaches. The challenges and potentials need evaluation and neglect means that opportunities are being missed. The authors consider experiences of local collaborations and discuss obstacles to their wider implementation. They urge tropical biologists to recognize and embrace the opportunities provided by working with local people.
 
Date 2004
2012-06-04T09:09:06Z
2012-06-04T09:09:06Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sheil, D., Lawrence, A. 2004. Tropical biologists, local people and conservation: new opportunities for collaboration . Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19 (12) :634-638.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19076
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1640
 
Language en
 
Format p. 634-638
 
Source Trends in Ecology and Evolution