Navigating the transition to ecosystem-based management of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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

Volumn 105, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 9489-9494

  Olsson, Per ^a   Folke, Carl ^a,b   Hughes, Terry P ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive governance; Ecosystem services; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 47749134915     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706905105     Document Type: Review

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