Natura 2000 and climate change-Polarisation, uncertainty, and pragmatism in discourses on forest conservation and management in Europe

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 129-138

  De Koning, J ^a   Winkel, G ^b   Sotirov, M ^b   Blondet, M ^c   Borras, L ^b   Ferranti, F ^d   Geitzenauer, M ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d European Forest Institute Central Regional Office (EFICENT)   (Germany)

^e EFICEEC European Forest Institute Central East European Regional Office C o Institute of Forest Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Department of Economics and Social Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

Argumentative discourse analysis; Biodiversity; Climate change; European nature conservation policy; Forest policy; Natura 2000

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRANCE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84900340247     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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