A partnership approach to addressing applied ecological research needs of an oil and gas business

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 539-543

  Pedroni, Paola Maria ^a   Jaramillo, Hernan ^b   Torres, C María De Lourdes ^c   Navarrete, Z Hugo ^c   Bernal Ramirez, Julio ^d   Reed, Timothy ^d,e  

^a ENI S P A   (Italy)

^b Agip Oil Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Ecotext Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied ecology; Biodiversity; Business; Ecosystem services; Environment; Knowledge exchange; Mitigation hierarchy; Monitoring; Oil and gas exploration and production; Recovery

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; OIL INDUSTRY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84878193986     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12088     Document Type: Article

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