What drives policy decision-making related to species conservation?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1370-1380

  Martín López, Berta ^a   Montes, Carlos ^a   Ramírez, Lucía ^b   Benayas, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation policy; Endangered species; Public perception; Research funding; Scientific information

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PERCEPTION; POLICY ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC SPENDING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349267759     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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