The maturation of biodiversity as a global social-ecological issue and implications for future biodiversity science and policy

Futures

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-49

  Hill, Rosemary ^a   Halamish, Eyal ^b   Gordon, Iain J ^c   Clark, Megan ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Futureye   (Australia)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Governance; Human dimensions; Social ecological systems future transformations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MATURATION;

EID: 84874778669     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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