The identification of priority policy options for UK nature conservation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 955-965

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Albon, Steve D ^b   Allison, Hilary ^c   Armstrong Brown, Sue ^d   Bailey, Mark J ^e   Brereton, Tom ^f   Boyd, Ian L ^g   Carey, Peter ^h   Edwards, Joan ^a   Gill, Maggie ⁱ   Hill, David ^j   Hodge, Ian ^k   Hunt, Alexander J ^a   Le Quesne, Will J F ^l   Macdonald, David W ^m   Mee, Laurence D ⁿ   Mitchell, Roger ^o   Norman, Tim ^p   Owen, Roger P ^q   Parker, David ^r   Prior, Stephanie V ^a   Pullin, Andrew S ^s   Rands, Michael R W ^t   Redpath, Steve ^u   Spencer, Jonathan ^v   Spray, Chris J ^w   Thomas, Chris D ^x   Tucker, Graham M ^y   Watkinson, Andrew R ^z   Clements, Andy ^aa   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Woodland Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^h BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ The Wildlife Trusts UK Natl Office   (United Kingdom)

^j SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

^k The Environment Bank Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^m CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^o SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^p Nyland   (United Kingdom)

^q Advisor to the Crown Estate   (United Kingdom)

^r SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^s Scottish Environment Protection Agency ^*  (United Kingdom)

^t BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^w FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^z Institute for European Environmental Policy   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Horizon scanning; Planning; Policy; Practice; Priority setting; Research

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956110951     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01863.x     Document Type: Review

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