Stakeholder involvement in ESS research and governance: Between conceptual ambition and practical experiences - risks, challenges and tested tools

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 201-211

  Spangenberg, Joachim H ^a,b   Görg, Christoph ^a,c   Settele, Josef ^a,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI Germany   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^d iDiv German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co design co production; Ecosystem services; Governance; Participation; Research process; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949943851     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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