Nature-based solutions: New influence for environmental management and research in Europe

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 243-248

  Eggermont, Hilde ^a   Balian, Estelle ^a   Azevedo, José Manuel N ^b   Beumer, Victor ^c   Brodin, Tomas ^d   Claudet, Joachim ^e   Fady, Bruno ^f   Grube, Martin ^g   Keune, Hans ^h   Lamarque, Penelope ⁱ   Reuter, Katrin ^j   Smith, Matt ^k   Van Ham, Chantal ^l   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^m   Le Roux, Xavier ^n,o  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b Fundo Regional Para A Ciência e Tecnologia   (Portugal)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (France)

^f French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

ⁱ IUCN   (Switzerland)

^j LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^k JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^l European Union   (Belgium)

^m TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^o Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Research programming; Social ecological systems; Societal challenges; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958185142     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.24.4.9     Document Type: Review

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