Conservation policy and the EU Habitats Directive: Favourable conservation status as a measure of conservation success

European Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 363-375

  Mehtälä, Johanna ^a   Vuorisalo, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bonn Convention; Ecology; Favourable conservation status; Habitat monitoring; Habitats Directive; Precautionary principle; Species monitoring; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; POLICY STRATEGY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 37449007377     PISSN: 09610405     EISSN: 10990976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.458     Document Type: Article

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