Evaluating Participatory Processes in Conservation Policy and Governance: Lessons from a Natura 2000 pilot case study

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-138

  Díez, María Angeles ^a   Etxano, Iker ^a   Garmendia, Eneko ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmental governance; Europe; evaluation; Natura 2000; participatory approaches

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84923668283     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.1667     Document Type: Article

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