Governing ecosystem services: National and local lessons from policy appraisal and implementation

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-197

  Verburg, René ^a,b   Selnes, Trond ^a   Verweij, Pita ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services approach; Participation; Policy practice; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963851945     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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