I don't know who coined the term.
I feel like these modern versions of community-based conservation programs
are at least partly modeled after much older ones that have been around for
hundreds of years... often in the guise of different religions.
However, if you are looking for examples of mo
Many raptors are scavengers as well as predators. Golden eagles, for
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Wayne --
The USGS operates a raptor library called the Olendorf Library at Boise, ID
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own search engine that anyone can access and even order reprints from. The
URL for the Raptor Information System is http://ris.wr.us
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Does anyone have names for the people who first created community-based
conservation? I have seen (online) that it really started in the early
1980s, but no mention of who those first people were, or who coined the
terms?
I am writing an article about Proyecto Titi in Colombia and was told it
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