Environmental managementframeworks as an alternative to farm-level eia in a global biodiversity hotspot: A proposal from the cape floristic region, South Africa

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-360

  De Villiers, Charl C ^a   Hill, Richard C ^b  

^a Botanical Society of South Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; EIA; Environmental Management Frameworks; Threatened ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 63049128447     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333208003172     Document Type: Article

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