Challenges to the integration of wetlands into IWRM: The case of the Inner Niger Delta (Mali) and the Lobau Floodplain (Austria)

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-68

  Rebelo, L M ^a   Johnston, R ^b   Hein, T ^c   Weigelhofer, G ^c   D'Haeyer, T ^d   Kone, B ^e   Cools, J ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^d Antea Group   (Belgium)

^e WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Mali)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Institutional capacity; IWRM; Ramsar Critical Path; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MALI; NIGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 84890233268     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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