The successful completion of scientific public policy: lessons learned while developing Canada's Wild Salmon Policy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-148

  Irvine, James R ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Environmental policy; Policy development; Salmon; Science policy integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449090509     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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