A national framework for monitoring and reporting on environmental sustainability in Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 25-38

  Marshall, Ian B ^a   Smith, C A Scott ^b   Selby, Corrine J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAUNA; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0030057049     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00396133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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