An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 9483-9488

  Cowling, Richard M ^a   Egoh, Benis ^b   Knight, Andrew T ^a   O'Farrell, Patrick J ^c   Reyers, Belinda ^c   Rouget, Mathieu ^d   Roux, Dirk J ^c   Welz, Adam ^e   Wilhelm Rechman, Angelika ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Land use planning; Social ecological systems; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 47749108738     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706559105     Document Type: Review

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