Community Pest Management in Practice A Narrative Approach /

• Main Authors: Howard, Tanya M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Alter, Theodore R. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Frumento, Paloma Z. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Thompson, Lyndal J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Environmental sociology.; Environmental management.; Social service.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Environmental Sociology.; Environmental Management.; Social Work and Community Development.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.

This book presents a collection of practitioner and community stories that reveal how invasive species management is a community issue that can spark community formation and collective action. It combines the unique first-person narratives of practitioners on the frontline of invasive species manage...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• A. Introduction
• i. The context of invasive species management in Australia
• ii. Theoretical framing: knowledge, power and collective action
• iii. Developing and using narratives
• B. Part One: First person narratives
• iv. Introduction
• v. 12 practitioner profiles
• vi. Analysis
• vii. Conclusions: practitioner action for invasive species management
• C. Part Two: Wild dog groups - 3 case studies
• viii. Introduction
• ix. Case study narratives
• a) Mt Mee
• b) Ensay/Swifts Creek
• c) Northern Mallee
• x. Comparative Analysis
• xi. Conclusions: community action for wild dog management
• D. Part Three: Learning from stories of practice
• xii. What are the lessons for personal practice?
• xiii. What are the lessons for collective action?
• xiv. Conclusions.