What is needed to improve tropical conservation? Appropriate education, training, and encouragement

Jordan Ann Kevan de Haan ()
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Jordan Ann Kevan de Haan: St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2008, vol. 28, issue 3, 171-173

Abstract: Abstract Currently, there is a need for a better multidisciplinary education system for tropical conservation, as well as a need for more people from developing countries to receive such improved education and training. If this combination is achieved, universities in both developed and developing nations will likely produce graduates who are better prepared for jobs involving non-academic tropical conservation initiatives and, simultaneously produce graduates who may be better accepted as conservationists in tropical destinations.

Keywords: Conservation Biology; Conservation Project; Conservation Initiative; World Wildlife Fund; World Resource Institute (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9145-1

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