The role of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice to the Convention on Biological Diversity as science-policy interface

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 505-516

  Koetz, Thomas ^a   Bridgewater, Peter ^b   van den Hove, Sybille ^c   Siebenhüner, Bernd ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b Monkstone House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity governance; Convention on Biological Diversity; IMoSEB; SBSTTA; Science policy interface; Scientific advice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 48749085149     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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