Turning science into policy: Challenges and experiences from the science-policy interface

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1454, 2005, Pages 471-477

  Watson, Robert T ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessments; Biodiversity; Climate change; Indicators; Ozone; Plausible futures

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; OZONE; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 18344389081     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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