Capacity building for effective work at the interface of forest science and forest policy

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-120

  Kleine, Michael ^a  

^a International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Developing countries; Forest science; Research communication; Science policy interfacing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRIA; LATIN AMERICA; VIENNA;

EID: 77949390688     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.1095     Document Type: Article

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