Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation: progress and challenges

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 391-405

  Chong, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Climate change adaptation; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Ecosystem services; Ecosystem based adaptation (EbA); Samoa; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION;

CAMBODIA; SAMOA;

EID: 84911997987     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-014-9242-9     Document Type: Article

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