A social-ecological system approach to analyze stakeholders' interactions within a large-scale rangeland restoration program

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Petursdottir, Thorunn ^a   Arnalds, Olafur ^b   Baker, Susan ^c   Montanarella, Luca ^a   Aradóttir, Ása L ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environmental policies; Ecological restoration; Evaluation; Natural resource management; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

ICELAND;

EID: 84881137662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05399-180229     Document Type: Article

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