Noah's ark or world wild web? Cultural perspectives in global scenario studies and their function for biodiversity conservation in a changing world

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3211-3238

  Beumer, Carijn ^a   Martens, Pim ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cultural perspectives; Ecosystem services; Global scenario studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255171188     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2103211     Document Type: Review

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