Science and issue advocacy in a forestry debate in northern Finland

Polar Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-138

  Sarkki, Simo ^a   Karjalainen, Timo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conflict; Honest broker; Issue advocacy; Science policy interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898424243     PISSN: 2154896X     EISSN: 21548978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2154896X.2012.679564     Document Type: Article

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