Forest sustainability indicator systems as procedural policy tools in global environmental governance

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-160

  Grainger, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Forest regime; Global environmental governance theory; Procedural policy instruments; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

EID: 84856021513     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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