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ERIC Number: EJ608650
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1096-9144
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Pumas and Prepositions: Training Nature Guides in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Brown, Cynthia
Orion Afield: Working for Nature and Community, v4 n3 p28-31 Sum 2000
In the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), the 10-week Nature Guide Training Program integrates English immersion with natural history and environmental interpretation to train rural adults as nature guides and conservation leaders. Most graduates have found work as ecotourism guides or in conservation-related activities, and many have provided English instruction and conservation education to their communities. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Education, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, English (Second Language), Environmental Interpretation, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Personnel, Job Training, Mexicans, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Leadership, Second Language Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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