Integrating rural development and biodiversity conservation in Central Romania

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-137

  Mikulcak, Friederike ^a   Newig, Jens ^a   Milcu, Andra I ^a   Hartel, Tibor ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

biodiversity governance; Common Agricultural Policy; farmland biodiversity; high nature value farming; multi level governance; Romania; Transylvania

Indexed keywords

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; HIGH NATURE VALUE FARMING; MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE; ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVEYS;

FARMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; POLICY STRATEGY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY;

ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

EID: 84877138595     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000392     Document Type: Article

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