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Assessing Community Understanding of Local Environmental Issues in Two Areas of Uganda
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Ferrie, Gina M.; Bettinger, Tammie L.; Kuhar, Christopher W.; Lehnhardt, Kathy; Apell, Peter; Kasoma, Panta – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
Although there are many conservation education projects working in Uganda, there is currently little evaluation of educational initiatives in the communities. A survey was developed to better understand the environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of people in 2 districts of Uganda. The main environmental problem listed by the respondents…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conflict, Wildlife, Environmental Education
Community Ecology and Capacity: Keys to Progressing the Environmental Communication of Wicked Problems
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Caron, Rosemary M.; Serrell, Nancy – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2009
Wicked problems are multifactorial in nature and possess no clear resolution due to numerous community stakeholder involvement. We demonstrate childhood lead poisoning as a wicked problem and illustrate how understanding a community's ecology can build community capacity to affect local environmental management by (1) forming an academic-community…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Community Problems, Difficulty Level, Children