How does legacy create sticking points for environmental management? Insights from challenges to implementation of the ecosystem approach

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Waylen, Kerry A ^a   Blackstock, Kirsty L ^a   Holstead, Kirsty L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conservation; Institutional inertia; Participation; Pathways; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84934780401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07594-200221     Document Type: Article

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