Evaluating the Global Environment Facility: A goodwill gesture or a serious attempt to deliver global benefits?

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 800-810

  Mee, Laurence D ^a   Dublin, Holly T ^b   Eberhard, Anton A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Species Survival Commission   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Global Environment Facility; Global institutions; International waters; Oceans; River basins; Sustainability; Transboundary

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY; OCEAN; RIVER BASIN; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; UNITED NATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049101759     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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