Improving the science-policy interface of biodiver sity research projects

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-103

  Neßhöver, Carsten ^a,e   Timaeus, Johannes ^a,e   Wittmer, Heidi ^a,e   Krieg, Annamaria ^b,e   Geamana, Nicoleta ^c,e   Van Den Hove, Sybille ^d,e   Young, Juliette ^d,e   Watt, Allan ^d,e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d Median SCP   (Spain)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European biodiversity research; Horizon 2020; IPBES; Science Policy Interfaces for Biodiversity: Research Action and Learning (SPIRAL); Transdisciplinary approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880069942     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.22.2.8     Document Type: Article

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