Global governance for the environment and the role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in conservation

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Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-237

  Steiner, Achim ^a,b,d   Kimball, Lee A ^b   Scanlon, John ^c,e  

^a IUCN   (Switzerland)

^b IUCN Environmental Law Centre ^*

^c IUCN Environmental Law Centre   (Germany)

^d World Commission on Dams   (South Africa)

^e IUCN Environmental Law Programme

Author keywords

Environmental governance; Global governance; International institutions; MEA; Multilateral environmental agreement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 20644450042     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000401     Document Type: Article

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