The Man and Biosphere programme of UNESCO: Rambunctious child of the sixties, but was the promise fulfilled?

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-6

  Bridgewater, Peter ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; UNESCO;

EID: 84943561170     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.08.009     Document Type: Review

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