Seizing Center Stage: Ecosystem Services, Live, at the Convention on Biological Diversity!

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-79

  Suarez, Daniel ^a   Corson, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

capital natural; conservaci n de la biodiversidad; discourse; discurso; Ecosystem services; hegemony, biodiversity conservation; hegemon a; natural capital; pagos por servicios ecosist micos; payments for ecosystem services; Servicios ecosist micos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899555651     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861300600105     Document Type: Article

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