Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: Past, present and future environmental governance

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1498, 2008, Pages 1911-1916

  Boyd, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Dieback; Governance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DIEBACK; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NAVIGATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41649084525     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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