A social-ecological systems analysis of impediments to delivery of the Aichi 2020 Targets and potentially more effective pathways to the conservation of biodiversity

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-34

  Hill, R ^a,b   Dyer, G A ^c   Lozada Ellison, L M ^d   Gimona, A ^d   Martin Ortega, J ^d   Munoz Rojas, J ^d   Gordon, I J ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Desarrollo y Alimentación Sustentable AC ^*  (Mexico)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aichi Targets; Biodiversity; Environmentalists' paradox; Political ecology; Power; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INVESTMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POWER; SOCIAL CHANGE; TAX SYSTEM; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; TARGETING;

AICHI; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 84934756897     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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