Stakeholder frames in the making of forest bioenergy legislation in Finland

Geoforum

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Huttunen, Suvi ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Energy policy; Forest policy; Frame analysis; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; FORESTRY POLICY; LEGISLATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING;

FINLAND;

EID: 84896772849     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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