Indicators and scientific knowledge in regional Baltic Sea environmental policy

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1398-1401

  Backer, Hermanni ^a  

^a HELCOM Secretariat   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea Action Plan; Ecological objectives; Ecosystem approach; Environmental indicators; EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive; HELCOM; Policy science interactions

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MARINE POLICY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 53849109928     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn157     Document Type: Review

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