Wild experiments at the Oostvaardersplassen: Rethinking environmentalism in the Anthropocene

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-181

  Lorimer, Jamie ^a   Driessen, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Experiment; Nature conservation; Oostvaardersplassen; Rewilding; Science politics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTALISM; NATURE CONSERVATION;

FLEVOLAND; NETHERLANDS; OOSTVAARDERSPLASSEN;

EID: 84896128820     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12030     Document Type: Article

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