Personal experiences with the governance of the policy-relevant IPCC and Millennium Ecosystem Assessments

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-17

  Leemans, Rik ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 39149145130     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.12.002     Document Type: Editorial

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