Capacity for sustainable management of wetlands: Lessons from the WETwin project

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-137

  Ostrovskaya, E ^a   Douven, W ^a   Schwartz, K ^a   Pataki, B ^b   Mukuyu, P ^a   Kaggwa, R C ^c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b VITUKI   (Hungary)

^c NWSC National Water and Sewerage Corporation   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Institutional capacity; IRBM; Ramsar convention; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; WETLAND;

EID: 84890213809     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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