Opportunities and challenges for mainstreaming the ecosystem services concept in the multi-level policy-making within the EU

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-181

  Schleyer, Christian ^a   Görg, Christoph ^a   Hauck, Jennifer ^b,c   Winkler, Klara Johanna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary concept; Ecosystem services; Multi level governance; Participation; Policy integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962090040     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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