Empirical accounting of adaptation to environmental change: Organizational competencies and biodiversity in Finnish forest management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Primmer, Eeva ^a   Wolf, Steven A ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Competency; Finland; Habitat delineation; Innovation; Institutions; Nonindustrial private forestry; Organization; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; LABOR DIVISION; PRIVATE SECTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 73849099073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02926-140227     Document Type: Article

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