Responding to complex societal challenges: A decade of Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) interdisciplinary research

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Ignaciuk, Ada ^a   Rice, Martin ^a,b   Bogardi, Janos ^c   Canadell, Josep G ^d   Dhakal, Shobhakar ^e   Ingram, John ^f   Leemans, Rik ^g   Rosenberg, Mark ^h  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c International Project Office   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84857911425     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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