Towards sustainable land use: Identifying and managing the conflicts between human activities and biodiversity conservation in Europe

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1641-1661

  Young, Juliette ^a,b   Watt, Allan ^a   Nowicki, Peter ^b   Alard, Didier ^c   Clitherow, Jeremy ^b   Henle, Klaus ^d   Johnson, Richard ^e   Laczko, Endre ^f   McCracken, Davy ^g   Matouch, Simone ^b   Niemela, Jari ^h   Richards, Caspian ⁱ  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ECNC ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conflict; Conflict management; Conservation; Participation; Stakeholder; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20844454742     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0536-z     Document Type: Review

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