The implementation of Natura 2000 in forests: A trans- and interdisciplinary assessment of challenges and choices

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-32

  Winkel, Georg ^a   Blondet, Marieke ^b,c   Borrass, Lars ^a   Frei, Theresa ^a   Geitzenauer, Maria ^d   Gruppe, Axel ^e   Jump, Alistair ^f   de Koning, Jessica ^g   Sotirov, Metodi ^a   Weiss, Gerhard ^d   Winter, Susanne ^h   Turnhout, Esther ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation policy; European Union; Forest policy; Habitats Directive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAND USE; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84930212157     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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