Political framings of biological diversity: The case of the Norwegian Nature Index

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 279-289

  Seippel, Ørnulf ^a   Strandbu, Åse ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

biodiversity; focus groups; framing; politics; youth

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; YOUNG POPULATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 84871117318     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2012.743167     Document Type: Article

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