Multi-level governance and adaptive capacity in west africa

International Journal of the Commons

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-232

  Brockhaus, Maria ^a   Djoudi, Houria ^a   Kambire, Hermann ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b West Africa Regional Office   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Decentralisation; Discourse; Forest ecosystem; Multi level governance; Networks; Perception; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865656809     PISSN: 18750281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.331     Document Type: Article

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