Challenges in ecosystem services governance: Multi-levels, multi-actors, multi-rationalities

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-157

  Loft, Lasse ^a   Mann, Carsten ^b   Hansjürgens, Bernd ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actors; Ecosystem services; Governance; Institutions; Multi level governance; Policy instruments; Science policy interface; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947338249     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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